534 pages
English language
Published Sept. 6, 1997 by A.A. Knopf, Distributed by Random House.
Doctor Faustus
by Thomas Mann
Doctor Faustus (1997, A.A. Knopf, Distributed by Random House)
- ISBN:
- 9780375400544
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.