Colm Tóibín
The Magician

2022 | Nakladatelství The Book Service Ltd (Penguin)

From one of our greatest living writers comes a sweeping novel of unrequited love and exile, war and family.The Magician tells the story of Thomas Mann, whose life was filled with great acclaim and contradiction. He would find himself on the wrong side of history in the First World War, cheerleading the German army, bu…t have a clear vision of the future in the second, anticipating the horrors of Nazism.He would have six children and keep his homosexuality hidden; he was a man forever connected to his family and yet bore witness to the ravages of suicide. He would write some of the greatest works of European literature, and win the Nobel Prize, but would never return to the country that inspired his creativity.Through one life, Colm Toibin tells the breathtaking story of the twentieth century. From one of our greatest living writers comes a sweeping novel of unrequited love and exile, war and family.The Magician tells the story of Thomas Mann, whose life was filled with great acclaim and co…ntradiction. He would find himself on the wrong side of history in the First World War, cheerleading the German army, but have a clear vision of the future in the second, anticipating the horrors of Nazism.He would have six children and keep his homosexuality hidden; he was a man forever connected to his family and yet bore witness to the ravages of suicide. He would write some of the greatest works of European literature, and win the Nobel Prize, but would never return to the country that inspired his creativity.Through one life, Colm Toibin tells the breathtaking story of the twentieth century.

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Nová

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O knize

Stav:	Nová
Vazba:	Brožovaná
Počet stran:	434
Jazyk:	anglicky
ISBN10:	024197058X
ISBN:	9780241970584
Vydání:	1
Vystaveno:	23. 2. 2025 18:26
Číslo položky:	1144587

O autorovi

Colm Tóibín

Novinář a spisovatel se narodil v roce 1955 v irském Enniscorthy. Vystudoval angličtinu a historii na univerzitě v Dublinu. Jako editor působil v The Sunday Tribune, přispíval kritikami a politickými komentáři do The Sunday Independent a do několika dalších magazínů. Jako zpravodaj procestoval Egypt, Súdán, Afriku a další země. Snad nejznámější reportáž nazvaná „The Trial of the Generals“ pochází z roku 1980.

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