{"product_id":"9780241785423","title":"The Magic Mountain","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Mann, Thomas\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished on 19 March 2026 by Penguin Books Ltd (Penguin Classics) in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 752 pages\u003cbr\u003e198 x 129 | 500g\u003cp\u003eIt is summertime in the Swiss Alps. Hans Castorp, an ‘ordinary young man’, has arrived at an exclusive sanitorium for a brief visit to his convalescent cousin. Once there, time will lose its familiar contours, as Hans himself falls ill and loses himself in a landscape of dreams, beauty and eternal snow.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Magic Mountain is Thomas Mann’s masterwork: a Bildungsroman that is also an allegory of Europe before the devastations of the First World War and a profound meditation on time, art, sickness and death. John E. Woods’ virtuoso translations of Thomas Mann’s novels are widely recognized as the best versions available in English.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mann, Thomas","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52470347038904,"sku":"9780241785423","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0509\/1953\/8872\/files\/9780241785423.jpg?v=1768299659","url":"https:\/\/octoberbooks.org\/products\/9780241785423","provider":"October Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}