In this extraordinary collection of short stories, Thomas Mann uses settings as diverse as Germany, Italy, the Holy Land and the Far East to explore a theme which always preoccupied him: the two faces of things. Thus, in A Man and His Dog and Disorder and Early Sorrow, small domestic tempests become symbolic of the discordant muddle of humanity. In The Transposed Heads and The Tables of Law the demands of the intellect clash with the desires of physiology - an idea developed more fully in The Black Swan, where body and spirit are tragically out of harmony. Written between 1918 and 1953, these stories offer us both an insight into Mann's development of thought and also some impressive literature from these interesting times.
Genre: Literary Fiction
Genre: Literary Fiction
Used availability for Thomas Mann's Mario and The Magician
Hardback Editions
June 1991 : USA Hardback
Paperback Editions
October 1996 : UK Paperback
March 1992 : UK Paperback
Title: Mario And the Magician And Other Stories: A Man And His Dog;Disorder And Early Sorrow;Mario And the Magician;the Transposed Heads;the Tables of the ... Swan (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics S.)
Author(s): H Lowe-Porter, Thomas Mann
ISBN: 0-14-018356-6 / 978-0-14-018356-6 (UK edition)
Publisher: Penguin Classics
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May 1975 : UK Paperback
Title: Mario And the Magician And Other Stories: A Man And His Dog;Disorder And Early Sorrow;Mario And the Magician;the Transposed Heads;the Tables of the Law;the Black Swan (Modern Classics)
Author(s): H Lowe-Porter, Thomas Mann
ISBN: 0-14-003902-3 / 978-0-14-003902-3 (UK edition)
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Availability: Amazon Amazon UK
Kindle Editions
November 2017 : Canada, UK Kindle edition