by Thomas Mann · Edhasa · tapa dura · ISBN 9788435005302
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«El Elegido» is the novel by Thomas Mann published by Edhasa in hardcover, with 309 pages in Spanish.
Fiction based on the medieval legend of Gregory, the so-called Christian Oedipus, who according to tradition occupied the papal throne as Gregory V. Mann recreates that story with elements of adventure and dark passions, in a tale about guilt, downfall and redemption, with baroque, symbolic prose and irreverent humor.
1987 edition within the Narrativas collection, with translation by Anna Rossell. The work was originally published in 1951.
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.
