The Magic Mountain

$35.00 CAD

pp. 724, half leather binding with gilt decorations, AEG, 3 raised bands, marbled endpapers,  “In this dizzyingly rich novel of ideas, Mann uses a sanatorium in the Swiss Alps–a community devoted exclusively to sickness–as a microcosm for Europe, which in the years before 1914 was already exhibiting the first symptoms of its own terminal irrationality. The Magic Mountain is a monumental work of erudition and irony, sexual tension and intellectual ferment, a book that pulses with life in the midst of death.” previous owners bookplate on half title page

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Book Information

Number of pages 724
Original Title The Magic Mountain
Published Date 1981
Translators H. T. Lowe-Porter
Illustrators Gonzalo Fonseca
Book Condition Very Good
Jacket Condition No Dj
Binding Hardcover
Size 8vo
Place of Publication Franklin Center
Edition First edition
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pp. 724, half leather binding with gilt decorations, AEG, 3 raised bands, marbled endpapers,  “In this dizzyingly rich novel of ideas, Mann uses a sanatorium in the Swiss Alps–a community devoted exclusively to sickness–as a microcosm for Europe, which in the years before 1914 was already exhibiting the first symptoms of its own terminal irrationality. The Magic Mountain is a monumental work of erudition and irony, sexual tension and intellectual ferment, a book that pulses with life in the midst of death.” previous owners bookplate on half title page

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Weight 1.3 kg