Mann, Thomas 1875-1955

The magic mountain by Thomas Mann ( Book )
1,023 editions published between 1924 and 2011 in 33 languages and held by 4,495 libraries worldwide
A sanatorium in the Swiss Alps reflects the societal ills of pre-twentieth-century Europe, and a young marine engineer rises from his life of anonymity to become a pivotal character in a story about how a human's environment affects self-identity.

Buddenbrooks by Thomas Mann ( Book )
1,107 editions published between 1900 and 2011 in 36 languages and held by 3,884 libraries worldwide
A major literary event: a brilliant new translation of Thomas Mann's first great novel, one of the two for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature in 1929. Buddenbrooks, first published in Germany in 1900, when Mann was only twenty-five, has become a classic of modern literature - the story of four generations of a wealthy bourgeois family in northern Germany. With consummate skill, Mann draws a rounded picture of middle-class life: births and christenings; marriages, divorces, and deaths; successes and failures. These commonplace occurrences, intrinsically the same, vary slightly as they recur in each succeeding generation. Yet as the Buddenbrooks family eventually succumbs to the seductions of modernity - seductions that are at variance with its own traditions - its downfall becomes certain.

Doctor Faustus; the life of the German composer, Adrian Leverkühn by Thomas Mann ( Book )
536 editions published between 1947 and 2010 in 31 languages and held by 3,813 libraries worldwide
A new translation of a 1948 novel by a German writer based on the Faust legend. The protagonist is Adrian Leverkuhn, a musical genius who trades his body and soul to the devil in exchange for 24 years of triumph as the world's greatest composer.

Death in Venice by Thomas Mann ( Book )
600 editions published between 1912 and 2010 in 38 languages and held by 3,509 libraries worldwide
"Gustav von Aschenbach, a successful but aging writer, follows his wanderlust to Venice in search of spiritual fullfillment that instead leads to his erotic doom"--Dust jacket.

Joseph and his brothers by Thomas Mann ( Book )
634 editions published between 1934 and 2009 in 25 languages and held by 2,680 libraries worldwide
Retells the bible story of Joseph, whose brothers tried to kill him because of his dreams.

Confessions of Felix Krull, confidence man : the early years by Thomas Mann ( Book )
479 editions published between 1900 and 2010 in 23 languages and held by 2,665 libraries worldwide
A witty rogue reflects on his experiences in European society and offers his impressions of the existing social order.

The Holy Sinner by Thomas Mann ( Book )
226 editions published between 1931 and 2009 in 18 languages and held by 2,479 libraries worldwide
Retelling of a medieval legend "of the exceeding mercy of God and the birth of the Pope Gregory."

Stories of three decades by Thomas Mann ( Book )
52 editions published between 1930 and 1979 in English and German and held by 2,173 libraries worldwide
Short stories of Thomas Mann.

Joseph the provider by Thomas Mann ( Book )
78 editions published between 1943 and 2007 in 11 languages and held by 2,143 libraries worldwide
Joseph is released from prison to become an advisor to the Pharaoh and is able to protect and provide for his family when they come to Eygpt to buy food.

The beloved returns = Lotte in Weimar by Thomas Mann ( Book )
339 editions published between 1935 and 2010 in 23 languages and held by 2,063 libraries worldwide
Geromantiseerd verslag van de historische ontmoeting op latere leeftijd van Goethe met de vrouw die hem inspireerde tot zijn "Werther".