Поздние новеллы

by Thomas Mann, Томас Манн

В сборник вошли Поздние новеллы великого Томаса Манна, относящиеся к зрелому периоду его творчества. "Марио и фокусник", "Обмененные головы", "Обманутая", "Хозяин и собака" - сюжеты этих новелл просты и незамысловаты, однако незатейливость сюжетной канвы и неожиданно легкий язык удачно подчеркивают психологическую глубину образов.
Любовь, разочарование, ожидание чуда, скука повседневности, отчаянная жажда жизни, болезненная утрата иллюзий и обретение жизненного опыта - таковы основные темы этих новелл, изысканно-светлых и удивительно тонких…

480 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2011

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Serbian: Tomas Man

Thomas Mann was a German novelist, short story writer, social critic, philanthropist, essayist, and Nobel Prize laureate in 1929, known for his series of highly symbolic and ironic epic novels and novellas, noted for their insight into the psychology of the artist and the intellectual. His analysis and critique of the European and German soul used modernized German and Biblical stories, as well as the ideas of Goethe, Nietzsche, and Schopenhauer. His older brother was the radical writer Heinrich Mann, and three of his six children, Erika Mann, Klaus Mann and Golo Mann, also became important German writers. When Hitler came to power in 1933, Mann fled to Switzerland. When World War II broke out in 1939, he emigrated to the United States, from where he returned to Switzerland in 1952. Thomas Mann is one of the best-known exponents of the so-called Exilliteratur.

Reviews

[Katia N · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is the collection of the later novellas by Mann. And, in general, I preferred his earlier work. The last year, I've read a collection of his early novellas Ранние новеллы and found much more variety in there. A few tales here are retelling of the biblical stories and Indian folk tales. They are masterful written. And the Indian one, The Transposed Heads: A Legend of India, was the basis for "the Les têtes interverties", a short mime film loose adaptation directed by Saul Gilbert, Alejandro Jodorowsky, and Ruth Michelly (1957). But I am not a big fan of the retelling. So it did not affect me as it might others.

My favourite by far from this collection was Mario and the Magician. The way how is build up the tension thought out the text is stunning. And it is such an incisive tale on a human level. I would strongly recommend it to whoever wants to read some later Mann as well as Dr. Faustus of course.