510 pages
English language
Published Jan. 2, 1992 by Vintage International.
Doctor Faustus
the life of the German composer, Adrian Leverkühn, as told by a friend
by Thomas Mann
5 stars
(2 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.