Name: Carlota en Weimar (in Spanish)
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Author: Thomas Mann
ISBN: 9789876282871

Type

Physical Book

Author

Thomas Mann

Publisher

Edhasa

Year

2010

Language

Spanish

Pages

512

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

22x14 cm

ISBN

9789876282871

ISBN13

9789876282871

Edited in

Argentina

Edition No.

Synopsis "Carlota en Weimar (in Spanish)"

Carlota en Weimar surge de una anecdota en apariencia nimia; la llegada a Weimar del personaje que sirvio de inspiracion a Goethe en Desventuras del joven Werther; y su posterior encuentro con el que fuera su apasionado adorador cuando este cuenta ya setenta y siete anos y se encuentra en la cima de su fama. Esta obra maestra; escrita ya por Mann en el exilio y publicada por primera vez en 1939 en Estocolmo; se ha leido a menudo como la respuesta de Mann ante la grave amenaza que para la cultura alemana suponia el totalitarismo hitleriano. Homenaje a un Goethe con el que Mann compartia la atraccion tanto por lo germano como por lo latino. Al atractivo de esta obra; por si misma; se une la traduccion realizada por Francisco Ayala; que es posiblemente la mejor que hay firmado este narrador; sociologo; ensayista y traductor. Este ano el traductor celebra su centenerio y la traduccion su 65 aniversario.

Thomas Mann

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Thomas Mann (Lübeck, June 6, 1875 – Zurich, August 12, 1955) was a prominent German writer, novelist, essayist, and social critic, considered one of the great exponents of 20th century literature and awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1929. His work is characterized by a deep analysis of bourgeois life, the psychology of the artist, and the spiritual crisis of modern Europe, drawing inspiration from philosophical and literary currents such as those of Goethe, Nietzsche, and Schopenhauer.

Mann gained international fame with his first novel, Buddenbrooks (1901), a family saga that portrays the decline of a merchant family over four generations, a work for which he received the Nobel. Other key titles in his production include The Magic Mountain (Der Zauberberg, 1924), an allegory about European society before World War I; Death in Venice (Der Tod in Venedig, 1912), considered one of his most influential novellas; and Doctor Faustus (1947), which examines German culture in the context of the rise of Nazism.

Thomas Mann's work is renowned for its symbolic richness, irony, psychological depth, and masterful exploration of the dilemmas of European culture, influencing generations of writers and readers around the world.

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