Czarodziejska góra by Thomas Mann

Czarodziejska góra

Thomas Mann with Józef Kramsztyk (Translator), Jan Łukowski (Translator)

800 pages • first pub 1924 (editions)

fiction classics challenging reflective slow-paced

Description

In this dizzyingly rich novel of ideas, Mann uses a sanatorium in the Swiss Alps--a community devoted exclusively to sickness--as a microcosm for Europe, which in the years before 1914 was already exhibiting the first symptoms of its own terminal ...

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Moods

reflective 86%
challenging 78%
emotional 34%
dark 23%
mysterious 22%
funny 18%
informative 18%
sad 16%
inspiring 15%
adventurous 8%
tense 8%
relaxing 6%
hopeful 3%
lighthearted 1%

Pace

slow 93%
medium 6%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 82% | A mix: 12% | Plot: 3% | N/A: 2%

Strong character development?

Yes: 62% | It's complicated: 22% | No: 14%

Loveable characters?

It's complicated: 36% | Yes: 36% | No: 25% | N/A: 1%

Diverse cast of characters?

Yes: 42% | No: 40% | It's complicated: 15% | N/A: 2%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 71% | It's complicated: 17% | No: 8% | N/A: 2%

Average rating

4.02

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