Overview
A masterpiece of German modernism and one of the greatest novels of the twentieth century. Adrian Leverkühn is a young man destined for success.
To unlock his full creative potential, Adrian Leverkühn makes a lethal pact with nature and intentionally contracts syphilis.
A brilliant young composer, Adrian believes that the disease-induced madness will fuel his genius. But while his music reaches new heights, his mind and morality begin to unravel. Mann''s interpretation of the Faustian legend is a story of madness and sanity, genius and corruption, intellectual attainment and Germany''s moral fall.
''Arguably the great German novel'' New York Times
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- | Author: Thomas Mann
- | Publisher: Vintage Publishing
- | Publication Date: Oct 28, 1996
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- | Binding: Paperback / softback
- | ISBN-13: 9780749386573
- | ISBN-10: 0749386576
