Leigh’s Reviews > The Magic Mountain > Status Update

Well, he did warn us in the foreword that this would be a book that takes its time! Just got through the section on Hans’ grandfather, which seemed both brief and lengthy at the same time — reflective and lingering on details but in a way that feels genuinely profound. And the prose of Lowe-Porter’s 1927 translation is a hearty meal. Buckling up for 700 more pages in that vein!