by Thomas Mann · tapa dura · ISBN 9788422662747
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«El elegido» is the historical novel by Thomas Mann, published by Círculo de Lectores in hardback (320 pages, in Spanish).
The novel recreates the legend of Gregory, the so-called «Christian Oedipus»: a man marked by an incestuous origin who, after a life of excess and penance, comes to occupy the throne of Saint Peter. Thomas Mann narrates his fall and redemption with irony and humour, exploring guilt, repentance and the human capacity to overcome destiny.
Thomas Mann originally published the work in 1951 under the title «Der Erwählte», based on the medieval legend recreated by Hartmann von Aue in «Gregorius».
For readers of European literary classics and historical fiction, as well as for followers of Thomas Mann's work.
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.
