Why You Need to Read 'The Magic Mountain'

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A book about a world teetering on the edge of war, where the smallest spark threatens to set it on fire. Sound familiar? This this isn’t a story of today; it’s The Magic Mountain, written 100 years ago by Nobel laureate Thomas Mann. With eerie parallels to our modern struggles, a burned out society seeks escape on a mountain. Why does this monumental work still resonate and what urgent truths does it reveal about the world we’re living in now?

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00:00 Introduction
00:59 Title: Why You Need to Read 'The Magic Mountain'
01:20 What is 'The Magic Mountain' About?
04:36 Who Was Thomas Mann?
07:10 Time of Tension
09:45 A Queer Novel?

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