by Thomas Mann · Editora y Distribuidora Hispano Americana, S.A. · tapa dura · ISBN 9788435009379
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Doktor Faustus is a novel by German writer Thomas Mann, published in 1947. The work narrates the life of German composer Adrian Leverkühn, from his youth to his tragic death. Through Leverkühn's story, Mann explores themes such as the nature of genius, the relationship between art and illness, and the decline of German culture in the 20th century. The novel is considered one of Mann's most important works and of 20th-century German literature.
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.
