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Title Statement | The magician [largetype] / Colm Tóibín. |
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Series | Center Point large print |
Author | Tóibín, Colm, 1955- |
Publication | Thorndike, Maine: Center Point Large Print,2021. |
Edition | Center Point Large Print edition. |
Extent of Item | 695 pages |
ISBN | 9781638080619 1638080615 |
Other Number | 4300304 |
Summary | When the Great War breaks out in 1914 Thomas Mann, like so many of his fellow countrymen, is fired up with patriotism. He imagines the Germany of great literature and music, which had drawn him away from the stifling, conservative town of his childhood, might be a source of pride once again. But his flawed vision will form the beginning of a dark and complex relationship with his homeland, and see the start of great conflict within his own brilliant and troubled family. Colm Tóibín's epic novel is the story of a man of intense contradictions. Although Thomas Mann becomes famous and admired, his inner life is hesitant, fearful and secretive. His blindness to impending disaster in the Great War will force him to rethink his relationship with Germany as Hitler comes to power. He has six children with his clever and fascinating wife, Katia, while his own secret desires appear threaded through his writing. He and Katia deal with exile bravely, doing everything possible to keep the family safe, yet they also suffer the terrible ravages of suicide among Thomas's siblings, and their own children. |
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By Topic | Large type books |
World War, 1914-1918--Fiction--Germany | |
Secrecy--Fiction | |
Exiles--Fiction | |
World War, 1939-1945--Fiction--Germany | |
Families--Fiction | |
Novelists, German--Fiction | |
By Name | Mann, Katia,1883-1980 |
Mann, Thomas,1875-1955 | |
By Location | Germany--Fiction--History--20th century |
By Genre | Historical fiction |
Biographical fiction |