The Magic Mountain

The Magic Mountain is Thomas Mann''s masterwork: a Bildungsroman that is also an allegory of Europe before the devastations of the First World War and a profound meditation on time, art, sickness and death. John E. Woods'' virtuoso translations of Thomas Mann''s novels are widely recognised as the best versions available in English.<>

About the author

Thomas Mann (1875-1955) is regarded by many as the greatest German novelist of the 20th century. Mann’s first major novel, Buddenbrooks, sold over a million copies in Germany alone, before Hitler banned and burned it. Mann fled Germany and spent the latter part of his life living in Switzerland and America. He wrote many essays as well as novels, and won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1929.

Product details

• Authors: Thomas Mann
• Assisted by: Woods John E. (Translation)
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Release: 08.01.2026
• EAN: 9780241785423
• ISBN: 978-0-241-78542-3
• No. of pages: 752
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 35 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Germany, FICTION / Classics, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), Swiss Alps, FICTION / World Literature / Germany / 20th Century, Narrative theme: Health and illness, Classic fiction: general and literary