The definitive translation of 'perhaps the first great novel of the 20th century' (New York Times)
'I bear within me the seed, the rudiments, the possibility of life's capacities and endeavours. Where might I be, if I were not here?'
Buddenbrooks is one of the original, and greatest, of family chronicles: the story of four generations of a wealthy and bourgeois German dynasty as they experience all the anguish and rewards of human life: births, marriages, divorces, deaths, madness, artistic achievement and bankruptcy. Thomas Mann's first novel is a richly realized, profoundly moving saga of 'the decline of a family' as it succumbs to the forces of modernity.
Published when he was only twenty-five, it was one of the two books for which he won the Nobel Prize in literature in 1929.
Translated by John E. Woods
| ISBN: | 9780241785409 |
| Publication date: | 11th February 2027 |
| Author: | Thomas Mann |
| Publisher: | Penguin Classics an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 864 pages |
| Genres: |
Classic fiction: general and literary Narrative theme: Social issues Fiction in translation Biographical fiction / autobiographical fiction Sagas |
The definitive translation of 'perhaps the first great novel of the 20th century' (New York Times)'I bear within me the seed, the rudiments, the possibility of life's capacities and endeavours. Where might I be, if I were not here?'Buddenbrooks is one of the original, and greatest, of family chronicles: the story of four generations of a wealthy and bourgeois German dynasty as they experience all the anguish and rewards of human life: births, marriages, divorces, deaths, madness, artistic achievement and bankruptcy.
Buddenbrooks features in the following genres: Classic fiction: general and literary, Narrative theme: Social issues, Fiction in translation, Biographical fiction / autobiographical fiction, Sagas
Paperback, Ebook. £13.49, down from the £14.99 cover price. Pre-order. 11th February 2027.
Buddenbrooks was written by Thomas Mann and published by Penguin Classics an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd
Buddenbrooks has 864 pages
£13.49, reduced from £14.99. Pre-order. 11th February 2027.