A young engineer’s short visit to a Swiss TB sanatorium stretches into years of desire, illness, and fierce philosophical debate before WWI.
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A young engineer’s short visit to a Swiss TB sanatorium stretches into years of desire, illness, and fierce philosophical debate before WWI.
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One of the most influential and celebrated German works of the 20th century has been newly rendered in English by Woods, twice winner of the PEN Translation Prize. First published in 1929, Mann's novel tells the story of Hans Castorp, a modern everyman who spends seven years in an Alpine sanatorium for tuberculosis patients, finally leaving to become a soldier in World War I. Isolated from the concerns of the everyday world, he is exposed to the wide range of ideas that shaped a world on the ver...
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Sexual content
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Romantic obsession with Chauchat; sensual Walpurgis Night intimacy
Violence & gore
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Fatal duel; tuberculosis deaths; departure toward WWI combat
Profanity
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Rare mild language in literary early-20th-century prose
Substance use
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Recurring social drinking; heavy cigar smoking among patients
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No explicit LGBTQ+ content depicted
Religious content
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Major theological debates; Jesuit character; faith versus reason
Magic & witchcraft
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No fantasy magic; mountain’s ‘magic’ is purely metaphorical
Occult / demonology
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No occult or demonological content present
Political content
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Central clashes on liberalism, radicalism, progress, and Europe
Self-harm / suicide
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On-page suicide during an ideological duel between rivals
Abuse & suffering
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Prolonged tuberculosis suffering; medical confinement and decline
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