Mann, Thomas
Lotte In Weimar
- ISBN 13:
- 9781784875053
- author:
- Mann, Thomas
- format:
- Paperback / softback
- publisher:
- Vintage Classics
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2019
- Pages:
- 400
- Dimensions:
- 19.8 x 12.9 x 2.4 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- Fiction & Literature, Classics, Fiction & Literature
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Thomas Mann's novel explores the power of literary representation and the influence of the writer's imagination. Written 150 years after Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's The Sorrows of Young Werther, the book follows Lotte Kestner as she makes a pilgrimage to meet the author who courted her forty years before. Upon her arrival, Lotte is greeted as a celebrity and taken up into Goethe's set, where time and place are vividly evoked. However, the novel's genius lies in its masterful portrayal of Goethe himself and the significant influence he had on his contemporaries. This novel is a masterpiece of literary representation, offering a brilliant and insightful look at the life and work of one of Germany's most famous writers.
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