1995
First Published
3.85
Average Rating
638
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A ground-breaking biography of one of the twentieth-century's literary titans, Thomas Mann, author of Doctor Faustus, Death in Venice, and The Magic Mountain. From the intimate details of his sexual emancipation to the heart-wrenching relationship with his family to his evolving political identity to the impetus of his great novels, Anthony Heilbut offers original and incisive insight into the life of Thomas Mann as he becomes estranged from his beloved Germany, showing the fine threads in the weave between his life and his art.
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Author
Anthony Heilbut
Author · 4 books
Anthony Heilbut received his Ph.D. in English from Harvard University. He has taught at New York University and Hunter College and is the author of Exiled in Paradise, The Gospel Sound, and Thomas Mann: Eros and Literature. Heilbut is also a record producer specializing in gospel music and has won both a Grammy Award and a Grand Prix du Disque.
