by Thomas Mann · Edhasa · tapa dura · ISBN 9788435008341
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Dive into Thomas Mann's masterpiece, 'Carlota en Weimar', a novel that explores the life of Carlota Buff, the famous Lotte, immortalized in Goethe's 'The Sorrows of Young Werther'. In this literary encounter, Carlota returns to Weimar, where she reunites with her celebrated admirer, Goethe, now 77 years old. Mann intertwines the spiritual culture of the Goethian era with a critique of the moral barbarism of the Hitlerian era, offering a profound reflection on Mann's attitude towards Goethe and the convulsions of the First World War. The novel highlights the complexity of human temperament and its reflection in art, presenting a faithful mirror of modern man.
Paul Thomas Mann was a German novelist, short story writer, social critic, philanthropist, essayist, and the 1929 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate. His highly symbolic and ironic epic novels and novellas are noted for their insight into the psychology of the artist and the intellectual. His analysis and critique of the European and German soul used modern versions of German and Biblical stories, as well as the ideas of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Friedrich Nietzsche, and Arthur Schopenhauer.
