{"product_id":"the-magic-mountain-introduction-by-a-s-byatt","title":"The Magic Mountain: Introduction by A. S. Byatt","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\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.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith this dizzyingly rich novel of ideas, Thomas Mann rose to the front ranks of the great modern novelists, winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1929. \u003ci\u003eThe Magic Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e takes 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTo 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.\r","brand":"Thomas Mann, John E. Woods, A. S. Byatt","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44442735050988,"sku":"9781400044214","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9781400044214.jpg?v=1720481905","url":"https:\/\/intl.allstora.com\/products\/the-magic-mountain-introduction-by-a-s-byatt","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}