Buddenbrooks

In his celebrated social novel Buddenbrooks, Thomas Mann recounts the story of an upper-middle-class family in 19th-century northern Germany. The narrative spans four generations and forty years: at the outset, the merchant family is respected and prosperous, but over time its fortunes decline dramatically. For this partly autobiographical work, the author was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature many years after its publication.

Dossiers:
Thomas Mann: Die Kunst im Bürger
Die Macht am Meer: Lübeck und die Hanse
Thomas Mann und die Musik
Gesellschaft und Familie in den Buddenbrooks und heute

Available in ebook and audiobook format starting in May.