The Magic MountainMannLabel: Oxford University PressDescription: 'Hans Castorp filled his lungs with the pure mountain air--this fresh light atmosphere that was so easy to inhale and held no scent of moisture no content no memories...'Thomas Mann's The Magic Mountain (1924) is a social comedy with tragic overtones providing a portrait of Europe in the first decades of the twentieth century. The novel recounts how an apparently simple North German engineer Hans Castorp comes to a tuberculosis sanatorium in Davos Switzerland intending to visit his sick cousin and ends up staying for seven years. He matures intellectually and emotionally encountering love and death amid a cast of vivid characters who are portrayed with Dickensian humour and sophisticated irony until he is jerked out of his torpor by the outbreak of the First World War.This translation is accompanied by an accessible introduction by Ritchie Robertson and detailed notes explaining the many cultural and historical references in the text.ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features including expert introductions by leading authorities helpful notes to clarify the text up-to-date bibliographies for further study and much more.
