A title in the BCP German Texts series, in German with English notes, vocabulary and introduction. Thomas Mann was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1929, and Tonio Kroger occupies a central position in his spiritual and artistic development.

Using his own public services experiences and citing widely available print and online sources, Mann explains in detail the various schemes that have been devised so far to make the universe of knowledge records predictable and comprehensible.

Hans Castorp is 'a perfectly ordinary, if engaging young man' when he goes to visit his cousin in an exclusive sanatorium in the Swiss Alps. What should have been a three week trip turns into a seven year stay.

Ceea ce n-as fi indraznit sa sper a fost ca interesul pentru aceasta carte sa depaseasca, obiectiv si subiectiv, granitele Germaniei, ca istoria "declinului unei familii"sa-i viziteze si pe altii, ca burghezia europeana din Copenhaga sau Marsilia sa se regaseasca in ea, ca scriind - in forma si continut - o carte foarte germana, sa redau o bucata de istorie europeana. Thomas Mann

Gustave von Aschenbach is a writer who travels to Venice for a holiday. One day he notices a beautiful young boy who is staying with his family in the same hotel. Soon his days begin to revolve around seeing this boy and he is too distracted to pay attention to the rumours that have begun to circulate about disease spreading through the city.

This story of a prosperous Hanseatic family and their gradual disintegration is also a portrayal of the transition from the stable bourgeois life of the 19th century to a modern uncertainty.

This is the story of Adrian Leverkuhn, whose extraordinary career is charted, from his precocious childhood to his tragic death. His revelation of the horrifying price he had to pay for his achievement highlights Mann's vast theme: the discord between genius and sanity.

A portrayal of genius possessed, through the biography of the composer Adrian Leverkuhn, narrated by his friend Zeitblom in the years 1943-45, as Germany faces ruin.

Using settings as varied as Germany, Italy, the Holy Land and the Far East, these stories explore a theme which always preoccupied Thomas Mann - the two faces of things . Written between 1918 and 1953, they offer an insight into his development of thought.

This is a study of decadence among the merchant families of Hamburg at the end of the 19th century. The novel is based on Mann's own experience as the son of a German merchant prince, but goes beyond his own experience in its sweep.