{"product_id":"9781857152890","title":"The Magic Mountain","description":"Author: Mann, Thomas\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781857152890\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 15 Jun 2005\u003cbr\u003ePages: 904\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcclaimed translator John E. Woods has given us the definitive English version of Mann's masterpiece. A monumental work of erudition and irony, sexual tension and intellectual ferment, \u003ci\u003eThe Magic Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e is an enduring classic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith this dizzyingly rich novel of ideas, Thomas Mann rose to the front ranks of the great modern novelists, winning the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1929. \u003ci\u003eThe Magic Mountain \u003c\/i\u003etakes place in an exclusive tuberculosis sanatorium in the Swiss Alps-a community devoted to sickness that serves as a fictional microcosm for Europe in the days before the First World War. To this hermetic and otherworldly realm comes Hans Castorp, an \"ordinary young man\" who arrives for a short visit and ends up staying for seven years, during which he succumbs both to the lure of eros and to the intoxication of ideas.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47791940698270,"sku":"UBD-9781857152890","price":54.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781857152890.jpg?v=1780915222","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781857152890","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}