Dr. Thomas Sparr reads from his book "Magic Mountains - A Century Novel from Davos"
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No novel captures the upheavals of the 20th century like
Thomas Mann's "The Magic Mountain," which was published 100 years ago and, from its lofty heights,
unfolds a panorama of the European world, its
people, and the accelerated pace of time with all its innovations and
inventions, rampant nationalism, anti-Semitism,
the contrast between East and West, the "thunderclap" of World War I, and the early 1920s.
The themes of the novel are ours: the snow, which no longer falls today as it did then; the twilight of the sexes; the confused sexuality of human beings; Thomas Mann's Jewish characters: seven chapters, each a separate Magic Mountain, about a work of the century.
The themes of the novel are ours: the snow, which no longer falls today as it did then; the twilight of the sexes; the confused sexuality of human beings; Thomas Mann's Jewish characters: seven chapters, each a separate Magic Mountain, about a work of the century.
