{"product_id":"the-magic-mountain","title":"The Magic Mountain","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThomas Mann\u003c\/strong\u003e (author)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Hans Castorp filled his lungs with the pure mountain air--this fresh, light atmosphere that was so easy to inhale and held no scent of moisture, no content, no memories...'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThomas Mann's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Magic Mountain\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1924) is a social comedy with tragic overtones, providing a portrait of Europe in the first decades of the twentieth century. The novel recounts how an apparently simple North German engineer, Hans Castorp, comes to a tuberculosis sanatorium in Davos, Switzerland, intending to visit his sick cousin, and ends up staying for seven years. He matures intellectually and emotionally, encountering love and death amid a cast of vivid characters who are portrayed with Dickensian humour and sophisticated irony, until he is jerked out of his torpor by the outbreak of the First World War.This translation is accompanied by an accessible introduction by Ritchie Robertson, and detailed notes explaining the many cultural and historical references in the text\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePublisher ‏ : ‎ \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003eOUP Oxford\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePublication date ‏ : ‎\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 2026\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePrint length ‏ : ‎ \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-declarative\" data-action=\"a-popover\" data-a-popover='{\"closeButtonLabel\":\"Close button\",\"name\":\"detail_bullets-inlinePopover_book_details-ebook_pages\",\"inlineContent\":\"\\u003cspan\u0026gt;The estimated length is calculated using the number of page turns on a Kindle, using settings to closely represent a physical book.\\u003c\/span\u0026gt;\",\"popoverLabel\":\"Print length Popover with more information about the attribute\"}'\u003e \u003ca id=\"detail_bullets-book_details-ebook_pages\" aria-description=\"Popover with more information about the attribute\" aria-label=\"Print length: 1088 pages\" role=\"button\" class=\"a-popover-trigger a-declarative celwidget\" data-csa-c-id=\"blk3ku-7007df-8rixez-aijyt6\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e \u003cspan\u003e1088 pages\u003c\/span\u003e \u003ci class=\"a-icon a-icon-popover\"\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eISBN‏ : ‎ \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003e9780198889199\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rudolf Steiner Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":60173136396672,"sku":"9780198889175","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0795\/3281\/8754\/files\/MagicMountain.jpg?v=1792584204","url":"https:\/\/rudolfsteinerbookshop.co.uk\/products\/the-magic-mountain","provider":"Rudolf Steiner Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}