A sanatorium for tuberculose in the middle of the Alps may be the best place for the intellectual and erotic initiation of a naive young man in decadent Europe at the gates of the first world war. Sitting on their sun loungers, oblivious as time goes on, a handful of characters as disparate as they are unforgettable represent the human condition with all their clearings. Joachim, who seeks in the death of honor that life has denied him; Wehsal, with his inconsolable grief of love; Claudia Chauchat, object of fascination and desire; The Jesuit Leo
Naphta, the freethener Settembrini and Peeperkorn, an old nobleman who has enjoyed all the land pleasures, will be some of the companions of Hans Castorp's inner journey.
The irony, erudition and acuity to show the social and spiritual contradictions of his time, make The Magic Mountain a fundamental work of literature. The reader...read more
