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“We are describing everyday events; but even everyday events look peculiar if they grow in peculiar soil.” This seems to be the thesis of The Magic Mountain so far, and I doubt it will change.
It can be hard to piece through the irony to find what Mann is getting at or what he holds to be true and correct. Hans Catorp’s contemptuous and unquestioning institutionalization seems to be the key to understanding.
— Sep 02, 2021 03:43PM
It can be hard to piece through the irony to find what Mann is getting at or what he holds to be true and correct. Hans Catorp’s contemptuous and unquestioning institutionalization seems to be the key to understanding.
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