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The Magic Mountain
by Thomas Mann. A young man’s visit to a Swiss sanatorium expands into a philosophical education before Europe descends into war.
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- Date
- 1924
- Origin
- Germany
- Era
- Modernism
- Genre
- Novel
- Canon tier
- Essential core
- Difficulty
- Very challenging
- Length
- Very long
- Collection
- The Western Canon
Subjects and themes
Why it matters
A young man’s visit to a Swiss sanatorium expands into a philosophical education before Europe descends into war.
This work is included on the basis of great books / bloom. Its cataloged influence level is 5 out of 5.
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