{"product_id":"doctor-faustus-thomas-mann-9780375701160","title":"Doctor Faustus: The Life of the German Composer Adrian Leverkuhn as Told by a Friend","description":"\"John E. Woods is revising our impression of Thomas Mann, masterpiece by masterpiece.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eDoctor Faustus\u003c\/i\u003e is Mann's deepest artistic gesture. . . . Finely translated by John E. Woods.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThomas Mann's last great novel, first published in 1947 and now newly rendered into English by acclaimed translator John E. Woods, is a modern reworking of the Faust legend, in which Germany sells its soul to the Devil. Mann's protagonist, the composer Adrian Leverk?n, is the flower of German culture, a brilliant, isolated, overreaching figure, his radical new music a breakneck game played by art at the very edge of impossibility. In return for twenty-four years of unparalleled musical accomplishment, he bargains away his soul--and the ability to love his fellow man. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLeverk?n's life story is a brilliant allegory of the rise of the Third Reich, of Germany's renunciation of its own humanity and its embrace of ambition and nihilism. It is also Mann's most profound meditation on the German genius--both national and individual--and the terrible responsibilities of the truly great artist.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas Mann\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0375701168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780375701160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/27\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 544\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.01h x 5.26w x 0.94d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2008 pg. 12","brand":"Thomas Mann","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44050233524479,"sku":"9780375701160","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c123e0ac-84e7-48f8-898e-f0b13881e0cd.jpg?v=1685006022","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/doctor-faustus-thomas-mann-9780375701160","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}