Doctor Faustus

Thomas Mann (author)

To unlock his full creative potential, Adrian Leverkühn makes a lethal pact with nature and intentionally contracts syphilis.

A brilliant young composer, Adrian believes that the disease-induced madness will fuel his genius. But while his music reaches new heights, his mind and morality begin to unravel. Mann's interpretation of the Faustian legend is a story of madness and sanity, genius and corruption, intellectual attainment and Germany's moral fall.

'Arguably the great German novel' New York Times

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Vintage Classics

Publication date ‏ : ‎ 1996

Language ‏ : ‎ English

Print length ‏ : ‎ 752 pages

ISBN ‏ : ‎ 9780749386573