by Thomas Mann · Edicions 62 · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788429738117
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«Els Buddenbrook» is the novel by Thomas Mann, published by Edicions 62 in paperback (528 pages, in Catalan).
The novel follows the Buddenbrook family, a prosperous dynasty of merchants from Lübeck, over four generations (1835-1876). The changes of the modern era crack the firm and its values: mercantile ambitions clash with the artistic concerns of the heirs, while material decay accompanies the family's decline.
Originally published in German in 1901 as «Buddenbrooks. Verfall einer Familie», this Catalan edition appeared in 1994 and is part of the MOLU s.XX collection (volume 94).
Aimed at readers of European classics and family sagas, with particular interest in twentieth-century German narrative.
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.
