Thomas Mann, Mario and the Magician
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Mann, Thomas. Mario and the Magician. American Edition (early but not a first). 1931. Book and dust jacket are both in very good minus condition—previous owner’s name on flyleaf (faded but large); minor chip to the upper spine and light fraying to jacket.
The problem with novels that are thinly disguised discourses on a particular philosophy or political point of view is that the characters typically lack nuance—often to the point of being cartoonlike. Fortunately, that is not the case in this parable about the seductive nature of Fascism, in which a hypnotist/despot brings out the monster in the visitors to an Italian resort town.
The problem with novels that are thinly disguised discourses on a particular philosophy or political point of view is that the characters typically lack nuance—often to the point of being cartoonlike. Fortunately, that is not the case in this parable about the seductive nature of Fascism, in which a hypnotist/despot brings out the monster in the visitors to an Italian resort town.
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