669 pages
English language
Published Sept. 6, 1992 by The Modern Library.
Doctor Faustus
the life of the German composer Adrian Leverkühn as told by a friend
by Thomas Mann
4 stars
(3 reviews)
A new translation of a 1948 novel by a German writer based on the Faust legend. The protagonist is Adrian Leverkuhn, a musical genius who trades his body and soul to the devil in exchange for 24 years of triumph as the world's greatest composer.
Subjects
- Germany -- History -- 1789-1900 -- Fiction.
- Germany -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.