Send us a textThe Magic Mountain (Der Zauberberg), published in 1924 by German author Thomas Mann, is a landmark novel of modernist literature, set in a Swiss tuberculosis sanatorium in the years before World War I. Drawing on Mann’s own experience visiting his wife at a similar facility, the novel follows Hans Castorp, a young engineer who arrives for a brief visit but stays for seven years, ensnared by the sanatorium’s timeless, introspective atmosphere. Through Hans’s encounters with vivid characters like the humanist Settembrini, the nihilistic Naphta, and the enigmatic Clavdia Chauchat, Mann explores profound themes of time, illness, love, and the clash of ideologies—rationality versus irrationality, progress versus decay—against the backdrop of a Europe on the brink of catastrophe. Often regarded as a philosophical Bildungsroman, the novel reflects the intellectual and cultural tensions of its era, earning Mann the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1929.Hi everybody! I've decided to keep the podcast going on these platforms. Since I don't have any advertisers, if you'd like to support the show, please visit ShafferMediaProject.com and click on the Spotify or YouTube links to hear some of the great music that my company produces. Please like, subscribe, share and follow if you enjoy this content! Thanks. Hi everybody! I've decided to keep the podcast going on these platforms. Since I don't have any advertisers, if you'd like to support the show, please visit ShafferMediaProject.com and click on the Spotify or YouTube links to hear some of the great music that my company produces. Please like, subscribe, share and follow if you enjoy this content! Thanks.Please like, share, follow and subscribe! Also, check out all our great offerings at ShafferMediaEnterprises.com!

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