The magician [Paperback]
Tóibín, Colm, 1955-2021
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"'The Magician' opens at the turn of the twentieth century in a provincial German city where the young boy, Thomas Mann, grows up with a conservative, conventional father and a Brazilian mother, exotic and unpredictable, who will never fit in. He hides both his artistic aspirations and his homosexual desires from this father, and his sexuality from everyone. He longs for the charismatic, beautiful, rich, cultured young Jewish man, but marries his twin sister. He longs for a boy he sees on a beach in Venice and writes a novel about him. He has six children. He is the most successful novelist of his time. He wins the Nobel Prize and is expected to lead the condemnation of Hitler. His oldest daughter and son share lovers. They are leaders of Bohemianism and of the anti-Nazi movement. . . We see the rise of Hitler, the forced exile of a swath of German writers and artists, Mann's narrow escape to America, his sojourn at Princeton, along with fellow exile Einstein, and his final move to LA in the late 40s where he presided over an astonishing community of writers, artists and musicians, including Brecht and Shoenberg, even as his children court tragedy"--Provided by publisher.
Main title:
The magician [Paperback] / Colm Tóibín.
Author:
Tóibín, Colm, 1955-, author
Imprint:
New York : Scribner, 2021.©2021
Collation:
500 pages ; 24 cm.
Series title:
Awards:
Winner of the 2022 Rathbones Folio Prize
ISBN:
9781476785080 (hbk)9781476785080 (hbk)9781476785080
Dewey class:
823.914
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
410327
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaumaris Library | Adult Fiction - General | TOIB | Onloan - Due: 10 Aug 2024 |
| Beaumaris Library | Adult Fiction - General | TOIB | Available |
| Brighton Library | Adult Fiction - General | TOIB | On Reserve Shelf - Awaiting collection within 10 days of this date. (Set: 15 Jul 2024) |
| Brighton Library | Adult Fiction - General | TOIB | Onloan - Due: 19 Aug 2024 |
| Hampton Library | Adult Fiction - General | TOIB | Available |
| Sandringham Library | Adult Fiction - General | TOIB | Onloan - Due: 22 Aug 2024 |