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Joseph And His Brothers (Everyman's Library Contemporary Classics) [Hardcover]

Thomas Mann
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  • Hardcover: 1536 pages
  • Publisher: Everyman; New edition edition (10 Mar 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1857152875
  • ISBN-13: 978-1857152876
  • Product Dimensions: 13.5 x 5.5 x 20.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 227,425 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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This remarkable new translation of the Nobel Prize-winner's great masterpiece is a major literary event.

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Thomas Mann regarded his monumental retelling of the biblical story of Joseph as his magnum opus. He conceived of the four parts-The Stories of Jacob, Young Joseph, Joseph in Egypt, and Joseph the Provider-as a unified narrative, a "mythological novel" of Joseph's fall into slavery and his rise to be lord over Egypt. Deploying lavish, persuasive detail, Mann conjures for us the world of patriarchs and pharaohs, the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Palestine, and the universal force of human love in all its beauty, desperation, absurdity, and pain. The result is a brilliant amalgam of humor, emotion, psychological insight, and epic grandeur.

Now the award-winning translator John E. Woods gives us a definitive new English version of Joseph and His Brothers that is worthy of Mann's achievement, revealing the novel's exuberant polyphony of ancient and modern voices, a rich music that is by turns elegant, coarse, and sublime.


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Wonderful book 4 Jun 2008
Format:Hardcover
Amazing how from a short episode in the bible Mann managed to conjure this wonderful, rich story. Beautiful writing, masterful storytelling, absorbing characters: this book has it all. A great classic.
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Joseph and His Brothers 14 April 2010
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This book is very erudite and not for the fainthearted. But having said that, it's a fabulous story that is very hard to put down. It's the best of Thomas Mann.
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In Doctor Faustus, Thomas Mann reached to the bottom of the German soul. In Joseph and his brothers he did the same in respect of the God and his chosen people - the Jews.
Fortunately, the result is much brighter and more optimistic.
Most delightfull book to read.
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