- German literature, writing, politics, family
A fictional biography of Thomas Mann.
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Prestige, earnest, grave and classical in form.
- unpretentiousprestige
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- contemplativerelentless
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About the book
- Author
- Colm Tóibín
- First published
- 2021
- Pages
- 500
- Publisher
- Scribner, Center Point, Simon & Schuster Audio
- Editions
- 4
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781476785080
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First sentence
“His mother was upstairs while the servants took coats ad scarves and hats from the guests.”
About Colm Tóibín · 1955
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