false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168559981m/34440.jpg 34440 40 "John E. Woods is revising our impression of Thomas Mann, masterpiece by masterpiece."  --The New Yorker<br><br>"Doctor Faustus is Mann's deepest artistic gesture. . . . Finely translated by John E. Woods." --The New Republic<br><br>Thomas Mann's last great novel, first published in 1947 and now newly rendered into English by acclaimed translator John E. Woods, is a modern reworking of the Faust legend, in which Germany sells its soul to the Devil. Mann's protagonist, the composer Adrian Leverkühn, is the flower of German culture, a brilliant, isolated, overreaching figure, his radical new music a breakneck game played by art at the very edge of impossibility. In return for twenty-four years of unparalleled musical accomplishment, he bargains away his soul--and the ability to love his fellow man. <br><br>Leverkühn's life story is a brilliant allegory of the rise of the Third Reich, of Germany's renunciation of its own humanity and its embrace of ambition and nihilism. It is also Mann's most profound meditation on the German genius--both national and individual--and the terrible responsibilities of the truly great artist. 3180640 1947 Doctor Faustus: The Life of the German Composer Adrian Leverkuhn as Told by a Friend total:594|5:256|4:195|3:99|2:35|1:9| 594 2436 1076 64 4 4 false false Wed Apr 23 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 31 05:20:07 -0700 2007 Thu Apr 24 08:17:18 -0700 2008 The novel operates on so many levels it is difficult to read more than a few chapters before you need to stop to digest. ...more...]]> 5 2 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1995 Tue Aug 21 15:40:30 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 21 15:40:30 -0700 2007
In many ways this may be the only time I have seen words come close to capturing what music can unlock as an experience.

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It's funny how there can be so many ploys on the exact same idea.

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Then, I changed my mind.

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