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This remarkable new translation of the Nobel Prize-winner’s great masterpiece is a major literary event.

Thomas Mann regarded his monumental retelling of the biblical story of Joseph as his magnum opus. He conceived of the four parts–The Stories of Jacob, Young Joseph, Joseph in Egypt, and Joseph the Provider–as a unified narrative, a “mythological novel” of Joseph’s fall into slavery and his rise to be lord over Egypt. Deploying lavish, persuasive detail, Mann conjures for us the world of patriarchs and pharaohs, the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Palestine, and the universal force of human love in all its beauty, desperation, absurdity, and pain. The result is a brilliant amalgam of humor, emotion, psychological insight, and epic grandeur.

Now the award-winning translator John E. Woods gives us a definitive new English version of Joseph and His Brothers that is worthy of Mann’s achievement, revealing the novel’s exuberant polyphony of ancient and modern voices, a rich music that is by turns elegant, coarse, and sublime.]]> 88076 16 2563027 1942 Joseph and His Brothers total:130|5:66|4:33|3:24|2:4|1:3| 130 545 293 13 19405 3.93 9553 830 60286 4.08 2783 309 11468317 735177 2490302 1 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2490302.Joseph_and_His_Brothers 4.00 2 1942 3 1 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 02 13:21:49 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 02 13:28:42 -0800 2008 more...]]> 20704868 974210 1322819 0394431324 9780394431321 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1208854329m/1322819.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1208854329s/1322819.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1322819.Joseph_and_His_Brothers 5.00 2 Now the award-winning translator John E. Woods gives us a definitive new English version of Joseph & His Brothers worthy of Mann's achievement, revealing the novel's exuberant polyphony of ancient & modern voices, a rich music that is by turns elegant, coarse & sublime.]]> 1942 5 1 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1974 Tue Apr 22 01:52:17 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 22 02:08:24 -0700 2008
Mann wrote Joseph duri...more...]]> 3011060 188093 88076 1400040019 9781400040018 8 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1248931768m/88076.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1248931768s/88076.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/88076.Joseph_and_His_Brothers 4.13 113
This remarkable new translation of the Nobel Prize-winner’s great masterpiece is a major literary event.

Thomas Mann regarded his monumental retelling of the biblical story of Joseph as his magnum opus. He conceived of the four parts–The Stories of Jacob, Young Joseph, Joseph in Egypt, and Joseph the Provider–as a unified narrative, a “mythological novel” of Joseph’s fall into slavery and his rise to be lord over Egypt. Deploying lavish, persuasive detail, Mann conjures for us the world of patriarchs and pharaohs, the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Palestine, and the universal force of human love in all its beauty, desperation, absurdity, and pain. The result is a brilliant amalgam of humor, emotion, psychological insight, and epic grandeur.

Now the award-winning translator John E. Woods gives us a definitive new English version of Joseph and His Brothers that is worthy of Mann’s achievement, revealing the novel’s exuberant polyphony of ancient and modern voices, a rich music that is by turns elegant, coarse, and sublime.]]> 1942 5 0 false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 12 20:25:21 -0700 2007 Thu Jan 29 19:35:29 -0800 2009 more...]]> 45077137 1976172 88076 1400040019 9781400040018 8 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1248931768m/88076.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1248931768s/88076.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/88076.Joseph_and_His_Brothers 4.19 130
This remarkable new translation of the Nobel Prize-winner’s great masterpiece is a major literary event.

Thomas Mann regarded his monumental retelling of the biblical story of Joseph as his magnum opus. He conceived of the four parts–The Stories of Jacob, Young Joseph, Joseph in Egypt, and Joseph the Provider–as a unified narrative, a “mythological novel” of Joseph’s fall into slavery and his rise to be lord over Egypt. Deploying lavish, persuasive detail, Mann conjures for us the world of patriarchs and pharaohs, the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Palestine, and the universal force of human love in all its beauty, desperation, absurdity, and pain. The result is a brilliant amalgam of humor, emotion, psychological insight, and epic grandeur.

Now the award-winning translator John E. Woods gives us a definitive new English version of Joseph and His Brothers that is worthy of Mann’s achievement, revealing the novel’s exuberant polyphony of ancient and modern voices, a rich music that is by turns elegant, coarse, and sublime.]]> 1942 3 0 false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 01 16:25:57 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 01 16:31:59 -0800 2009 50905581 2174826 88076 1400040019 9781400040018 8 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1248931768m/88076.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1248931768s/88076.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/88076.Joseph_and_His_Brothers 4.19 130
This remarkable new translation of the Nobel Prize-winner’s great masterpiece is a major literary event.

Thomas Mann regarded his monumental retelling of the biblical story of Joseph as his magnum opus. He conceived of the four parts–The Stories of Jacob, Young Joseph, Joseph in Egypt, and Joseph the Provider–as a unified narrative, a “mythological novel” of Joseph’s fall into slavery and his rise to be lord over Egypt. Deploying lavish, persuasive detail, Mann conjures for us the world of patriarchs and pharaohs, the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Palestine, and the universal force of human love in all its beauty, desperation, absurdity, and pain. The result is a brilliant amalgam of humor, emotion, psychological insight, and epic grandeur.

Now the award-winning translator John E. Woods gives us a definitive new English version of Joseph and His Brothers that is worthy of Mann’s achievement, revealing the novel’s exuberant polyphony of ancient and modern voices, a rich music that is by turns elegant, coarse, and sublime.]]> 1942 0 0 false Mon Mar 30 07:28:10 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 30 07:28:10 -0700 2009 41849875 1212158 88076 1400040019 9781400040018 8 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1248931768m/88076.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1248931768s/88076.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/88076.Joseph_and_His_Brothers 4.19 130
This remarkable new translation of the Nobel Prize-winner’s great masterpiece is a major literary event.

Thomas Mann regarded his monumental retelling of the biblical story of Joseph as his magnum opus. He conceived of the four parts–The Stories of Jacob, Young Joseph, Joseph in Egypt, and Joseph the Provider–as a unified narrative, a “mythological novel” of Joseph’s fall into slavery and his rise to be lord over Egypt. Deploying lavish, persuasive detail, Mann conjures for us the world of patriarchs and pharaohs, the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Palestine, and the universal force of human love in all its beauty, desperation, absurdity, and pain. The result is a brilliant amalgam of humor, emotion, psychological insight, and epic grandeur.

Now the award-winning translator John E. Woods gives us a definitive new English version of Joseph and His Brothers that is worthy of Mann’s achievement, revealing the novel’s exuberant polyphony of ancient and modern voices, a rich music that is by turns elegant, coarse, and sublime.]]> 1942 0 0 false Sun Jan 04 11:37:53 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 04 11:38:05 -0800 2009 78055580 2936065 88076 1400040019 9781400040018 8 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1248931768m/88076.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1248931768s/88076.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/88076.Joseph_and_His_Brothers 4.19 130
This remarkable new translation of the Nobel Prize-winner’s great masterpiece is a major literary event.

Thomas Mann regarded his monumental retelling of the biblical story of Joseph as his magnum opus. He conceived of the four parts–The Stories of Jacob, Young Joseph, Joseph in Egypt, and Joseph the Provider–as a unified narrative, a “mythological novel” of Joseph’s fall into slavery and his rise to be lord over Egypt. Deploying lavish, persuasive detail, Mann conjures for us the world of patriarchs and pharaohs, the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Palestine, and the universal force of human love in all its beauty, desperation, absurdity, and pain. The result is a brilliant amalgam of humor, emotion, psychological insight, and epic grandeur.

Now the award-winning translator John E. Woods gives us a definitive new English version of Joseph and His Brothers that is worthy of Mann’s achievement, revealing the novel’s exuberant polyphony of ancient and modern voices, a rich music that is by turns elegant, coarse, and sublime.]]> 1942 4 0 false Tue Dec 15 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 17 04:28:49 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 15 05:25:41 -0800 2009 What i really liked - Mann's thoughts about time and the past, and some other philosophical questions.
Also it was interesting to get some information about the depicted society.
But parts on the chosen nature of Jacob and his people were very annoying.]]> 16594166 683525 88076 1400040019 9781400040018 8 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1248931768m/88076.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1248931768s/88076.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/88076.Joseph_and_His_Brothers 4.19 130
This remarkable new translation of the Nobel Prize-winner’s great masterpiece is a major literary event.

Thomas Mann regarded his monumental retelling of the biblical story of Joseph as his magnum opus. He conceived of the four parts–The Stories of Jacob, Young Joseph, Joseph in Egypt, and Joseph the Provider–as a unified narrative, a “mythological novel” of Joseph’s fall into slavery and his rise to be lord over Egypt. Deploying lavish, persuasive detail, Mann conjures for us the world of patriarchs and pharaohs, the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Palestine, and the universal force of human love in all its beauty, desperation, absurdity, and pain. The result is a brilliant amalgam of humor, emotion, psychological insight, and epic grandeur.

Now the award-winning translator John E. Woods gives us a definitive new English version of Joseph and His Brothers that is worthy of Mann’s achievement, revealing the novel’s exuberant polyphony of ancient and modern voices, a rich music that is by turns elegant, coarse, and sublime.]]> 1942 5 0 false Wed Feb 27 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 28 06:44:20 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 28 06:47:55 -0800 2008 more...]]> 7940916 561013 88076 1400040019 9781400040018 8 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1248931768m/88076.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1248931768s/88076.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/88076.Joseph_and_His_Brothers 4.19 130
This remarkable new translation of the Nobel Prize-winner’s great masterpiece is a major literary event.

Thomas Mann regarded his monumental retelling of the biblical story of Joseph as his magnum opus. He conceived of the four parts–The Stories of Jacob, Young Joseph, Joseph in Egypt, and Joseph the Provider–as a unified narrative, a “mythological novel” of Joseph’s fall into slavery and his rise to be lord over Egypt. Deploying lavish, persuasive detail, Mann conjures for us the world of patriarchs and pharaohs, the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Palestine, and the universal force of human love in all its beauty, desperation, absurdity, and pain. The result is a brilliant amalgam of humor, emotion, psychological insight, and epic grandeur.

Now the award-winning translator John E. Woods gives us a definitive new English version of Joseph and His Brothers that is worthy of Mann’s achievement, revealing the novel’s exuberant polyphony of ancient and modern voices, a rich music that is by turns elegant, coarse, and sublime.]]> 1942 5 0 false Fri Oct 19 10:39:17 -0700 2007 Thu Jan 03 16:00:01 -0800 2008 more...]]> 28417393 1366540 1132021 3596161606 9783596161607 1 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181247057m/1132021.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181247057s/1132021.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1132021.Joseph_und_seine_Br_der_4_B_nde 4.43 7
Thomas Mann regarded his monumental retelling of the biblical story of Joseph as his magnum opus. He conceived of the four parts -- The Stories of Jacob, Young Joseph, Joseph in Egypt, and Joseph the Provider -- as a unified narrative, a "mythological novel" of Joseph’s fall into slavery and his rise to be lord over Egypt. Deploying lavish, persuasive detail, Mann conjures for us the world of patriarchs and pharaohs, the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Palestine, and the universal force of human love in all its beauty, desperation, absurdity, and pain. The result is a brilliant amalgam of humor, emotion, psychological insight, and epic grandeur.

Now the award-winning translator John E. Woods gives us a definitive new English version of Joseph and His Brothers that is worthy of Mann’s achievement, revealing the novel’s exuberant polyphony of ancient and modern voices, a rich music that is by turns elegant, coarse, and sublime. ]]> 1942 5 0 false Sun Jul 27 08:04:55 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 27 10:40:37 -0700 2008 2759937 117377 1322819 0394431324 9780394431321 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1208854329m/1322819.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1208854329s/1322819.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1322819.Joseph_and_His_Brothers 4.19 130 Now the award-winning translator John E. Woods gives us a definitive new English version of Joseph & His Brothers worthy of Mann's achievement, revealing the novel's exuberant polyphony of ancient & modern voices, a rich music that is by turns elegant, coarse & sublime.]]> 1942 0 0 false Thu Jul 05 23:20:40 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 21 23:59:34 -0700 2009 2574596 162512 1051769 1857152875 9781857152876 1 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180538575m/1051769.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180538575s/1051769.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1051769.Joseph_and_His_Brothers 5.00 3
Thomas Mann regarded his monumental retelling of the biblical story of Joseph as his magnum opus. He conceived of the four parts -- The Stories of Jacob, Young Joseph, Joseph in Egypt, and Joseph the Provider -- as a unified narrative, a "mythological novel" of Joseph’s fall into slavery and his rise to be lord over Egypt. Deploying lavish, persuasive detail, Mann conjures for us the world of patriarchs and pharaohs, the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Palestine, and the universal force of human love in all its beauty, desperation, absurdity, and pain. The result is a brilliant amalgam of humor, emotion, psychological insight, and epic grandeur.

Now the award-winning translator John E. Woods gives us a definitive new English version of Joseph and His Brothers that is worthy of Mann’s achievement, revealing the novel’s exuberant polyphony of ancient and modern voices, a rich music that is by turns elegant, coarse, and sublime. ]]> 1942 5 0 false Sat Jun 30 16:01:34 -0700 2007 Sat Jun 30 16:02:07 -0700 2007 11918790 754637 88076 1400040019 9781400040018 8 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1248931768m/88076.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1248931768s/88076.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/88076.Joseph_and_His_Brothers 4.19 130
This remarkable new translation of the Nobel Prize-winner’s great masterpiece is a major literary event.

Thomas Mann regarded his monumental retelling of the biblical story of Joseph as his magnum opus. He conceived of the four parts–The Stories of Jacob, Young Joseph, Joseph in Egypt, and Joseph the Provider–as a unified narrative, a “mythological novel” of Joseph’s fall into slavery and his rise to be lord over Egypt. Deploying lavish, persuasive detail, Mann conjures for us the world of patriarchs and pharaohs, the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Palestine, and the universal force of human love in all its beauty, desperation, absurdity, and pain. The result is a brilliant amalgam of humor, emotion, psychological insight, and epic grandeur.

Now the award-winning translator John E. Woods gives us a definitive new English version of Joseph and His Brothers that is worthy of Mann’s achievement, revealing the novel’s exuberant polyphony of ancient and modern voices, a rich music that is by turns elegant, coarse, and sublime.]]> 1942 4 0 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Jan 07 17:19:33 -0800 2008 Sat May 31 16:24:10 -0700 2008 82347066 1507592 88076 1400040019 9781400040018 8 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1248931768m/88076.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1248931768s/88076.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/88076.Joseph_and_His_Brothers 4.19 130
This remarkable new translation of the Nobel Prize-winner’s great masterpiece is a major literary event.

Thomas Mann regarded his monumental retelling of the biblical story of Joseph as his magnum opus. He conceived of the four parts–The Stories of Jacob, Young Joseph, Joseph in Egypt, and Joseph the Provider–as a unified narrative, a “mythological novel” of Joseph’s fall into slavery and his rise to be lord over Egypt. Deploying lavish, persuasive detail, Mann conjures for us the world of patriarchs and pharaohs, the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Palestine, and the universal force of human love in all its beauty, desperation, absurdity, and pain. The result is a brilliant amalgam of humor, emotion, psychological insight, and epic grandeur.

Now the award-winning translator John E. Woods gives us a definitive new English version of Joseph and His Brothers that is worthy of Mann’s achievement, revealing the novel’s exuberant polyphony of ancient and modern voices, a rich music that is by turns elegant, coarse, and sublime.]]> 1942 0 0 false Mon Dec 28 15:52:12 -0800 2009 Mon Dec 28 15:52:12 -0800 2009 82033968 3074059 88076 1400040019 9781400040018 8 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1248931768m/88076.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1248931768s/88076.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/88076.Joseph_and_His_Brothers 4.19 130
This remarkable new translation of the Nobel Prize-winner’s great masterpiece is a major literary event.

Thomas Mann regarded his monumental retelling of the biblical story of Joseph as his magnum opus. He conceived of the four parts–The Stories of Jacob, Young Joseph, Joseph in Egypt, and Joseph the Provider–as a unified narrative, a “mythological novel” of Joseph’s fall into slavery and his rise to be lord over Egypt. Deploying lavish, persuasive detail, Mann conjures for us the world of patriarchs and pharaohs, the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Palestine, and the universal force of human love in all its beauty, desperation, absurdity, and pain. The result is a brilliant amalgam of humor, emotion, psychological insight, and epic grandeur.

Now the award-winning translator John E. Woods gives us a definitive new English version of Joseph and His Brothers that is worthy of Mann’s achievement, revealing the novel’s exuberant polyphony of ancient and modern voices, a rich music that is by turns elegant, coarse, and sublime.]]> 1942 5 0 false Fri Dec 25 17:52:23 -0800 2009 Fri Dec 25 17:52:23 -0800 2009 81947251 1785034 88076 1400040019 9781400040018 8 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1248931768m/88076.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1248931768s/88076.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/88076.Joseph_and_His_Brothers 4.19 130
This remarkable new translation of the Nobel Prize-winner’s great masterpiece is a major literary event.

Thomas Mann regarded his monumental retelling of the biblical story of Joseph as his magnum opus. He conceived of the four parts–The Stories of Jacob, Young Joseph, Joseph in Egypt, and Joseph the Provider–as a unified narrative, a “mythological novel” of Joseph’s fall into slavery and his rise to be lord over Egypt. Deploying lavish, persuasive detail, Mann conjures for us the world of patriarchs and pharaohs, the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Palestine, and the universal force of human love in all its beauty, desperation, absurdity, and pain. The result is a brilliant amalgam of humor, emotion, psychological insight, and epic grandeur.

Now the award-winning translator John E. Woods gives us a definitive new English version of Joseph and His Brothers that is worthy of Mann’s achievement, revealing the novel’s exuberant polyphony of ancient and modern voices, a rich music that is by turns elegant, coarse, and sublime.]]> 1942 0 0 false Thu Dec 24 08:55:20 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 24 08:55:20 -0800 2009 81917417 959298 88076 1400040019 9781400040018 8 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1248931768m/88076.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1248931768s/88076.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/88076.Joseph_and_His_Brothers 4.19 130
This remarkable new translation of the Nobel Prize-winner’s great masterpiece is a major literary event.

Thomas Mann regarded his monumental retelling of the biblical story of Joseph as his magnum opus. He conceived of the four parts–The Stories of Jacob, Young Joseph, Joseph in Egypt, and Joseph the Provider–as a unified narrative, a “mythological novel” of Joseph’s fall into slavery and his rise to be lord over Egypt. Deploying lavish, persuasive detail, Mann conjures for us the world of patriarchs and pharaohs, the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Palestine, and the universal force of human love in all its beauty, desperation, absurdity, and pain. The result is a brilliant amalgam of humor, emotion, psychological insight, and epic grandeur.

Now the award-winning translator John E. Woods gives us a definitive new English version of Joseph and His Brothers that is worthy of Mann’s achievement, revealing the novel’s exuberant polyphony of ancient and modern voices, a rich music that is by turns elegant, coarse, and sublime.]]> 1942 0 0 false Wed Dec 23 21:23:33 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 23 21:23:33 -0800 2009 81829156 3067695 88076 1400040019 9781400040018 8 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1248931768m/88076.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1248931768s/88076.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/88076.Joseph_and_His_Brothers 4.19 130
This remarkable new translation of the Nobel Prize-winner’s great masterpiece is a major literary event.

Thomas Mann regarded his monumental retelling of the biblical story of Joseph as his magnum opus. He conceived of the four parts–The Stories of Jacob, Young Joseph, Joseph in Egypt, and Joseph the Provider–as a unified narrative, a “mythological novel” of Joseph’s fall into slavery and his rise to be lord over Egypt. Deploying lavish, persuasive detail, Mann conjures for us the world of patriarchs and pharaohs, the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Palestine, and the universal force of human love in all its beauty, desperation, absurdity, and pain. The result is a brilliant amalgam of humor, emotion, psychological insight, and epic grandeur.

Now the award-winning translator John E. Woods gives us a definitive new English version of Joseph and His Brothers that is worthy of Mann’s achievement, revealing the novel’s exuberant polyphony of ancient and modern voices, a rich music that is by turns elegant, coarse, and sublime.]]> 1942 3 0 false Tue Dec 22 22:05:39 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 22 22:05:39 -0800 2009 81334955 756445 88076 1400040019 9781400040018 8 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1248931768m/88076.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1248931768s/88076.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/88076.Joseph_and_His_Brothers 4.19 130
This remarkable new translation of the Nobel Prize-winner’s great masterpiece is a major literary event.

Thomas Mann regarded his monumental retelling of the biblical story of Joseph as his magnum opus. He conceived of the four parts–The Stories of Jacob, Young Joseph, Joseph in Egypt, and Joseph the Provider–as a unified narrative, a “mythological novel” of Joseph’s fall into slavery and his rise to be lord over Egypt. Deploying lavish, persuasive detail, Mann conjures for us the world of patriarchs and pharaohs, the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Palestine, and the universal force of human love in all its beauty, desperation, absurdity, and pain. The result is a brilliant amalgam of humor, emotion, psychological insight, and epic grandeur.

Now the award-winning translator John E. Woods gives us a definitive new English version of Joseph and His Brothers that is worthy of Mann’s achievement, revealing the novel’s exuberant polyphony of ancient and modern voices, a rich music that is by turns elegant, coarse, and sublime.]]> 1942 0 0 false Thu Dec 17 16:20:30 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 17 16:20:30 -0800 2009 81213051 3040847 88076 1400040019 9781400040018 8 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1248931768m/88076.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1248931768s/88076.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/88076.Joseph_and_His_Brothers 4.19 130
This remarkable new translation of the Nobel Prize-winner’s great masterpiece is a major literary event.

Thomas Mann regarded his monumental retelling of the biblical story of Joseph as his magnum opus. He conceived of the four parts–The Stories of Jacob, Young Joseph, Joseph in Egypt, and Joseph the Provider–as a unified narrative, a “mythological novel” of Joseph’s fall into slavery and his rise to be lord over Egypt. Deploying lavish, persuasive detail, Mann conjures for us the world of patriarchs and pharaohs, the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Palestine, and the universal force of human love in all its beauty, desperation, absurdity, and pain. The result is a brilliant amalgam of humor, emotion, psychological insight, and epic grandeur.

Now the award-winning translator John E. Woods gives us a definitive new English version of Joseph and His Brothers that is worthy of Mann’s achievement, revealing the novel’s exuberant polyphony of ancient and modern voices, a rich music that is by turns elegant, coarse, and sublime.]]> 1942 0 0 false Wed Dec 16 12:45:39 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 16 12:46:08 -0800 2009 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=88076