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Search - Doctor Faustus: The Life of the German Composer Adrian Leverkuhn As Told by a Friend
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Doctor Faustus The Life of the German Composer Adrian Leverkuhn As Told by a Friend Author: The new translation, by the masterly John E. Woods, of one of Thomas Mann's most famous and important novels: his modern reworking of the Faust legend, in which twentieth-century Germany sells its soul to the devil. — Mann's protagonist, Adrian Leverk?hn, is one of the most significant characters in the literature of our era, for it is in him tha... more »
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Susan K. (susank17) reviewed Doctor Faustus: The Life of the German Composer Adrian Leverkuhn As Told by a Friend on + 40 more book reviews
There is a mini-resurgence in interest in Thomas Mann these days. This edition is the wonderful translation by H. T. Lowe-Porter from 1948. Based loosely on Arnold Schoenberg and set in Germany before World War II, it is the application of the Faust legend to the life of a modern classical composer who sells his soul for earthly fame. There is a wealth of German culture (music, poetry, literature) within these pages. It is one of those books needing close reading, sunk deep in an armchair while winter whirls outside.
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