by Thomas Mann · Plaza & Janés · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788401428616
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«Doctor Faustus» is the novel by German writer Thomas Mann, published by Plaza & Janés in 1991 in paperback (624 pages, in Spanish).
The novel tells the life of German composer Adrian Leverkühn, an artist who makes a pact with the devil to obtain exceptional musical talent. Through his story, Thomas Mann explores the nature of genius, the relationship between art and madness, and the cultural decline of Germany during the first half of the 20th century.
The novel was originally published in 1947; this edition belongs to the Biblioteca de Autor collection.
For readers of 20th-century European fiction and for those who wish to approach the work of Thomas Mann.
Paul Thomas Mann was a German novelist, short story writer, social critic, philanthropist, essayist, and the 1929 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate. His highly symbolic and ironic epic novels and novellas are noted for their insight into the psychology of the artist and the intellectual. His analysis and critique of the European and German soul used modern versions of German and Biblical stories, as well as the ideas of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Friedrich Nietzsche, and Arthur Schopenhauer.
