I found this idea on Simon's blog @ Stuck in a Book. He picks an author for each letter of the alphabet, sharing which of their books he's read, which I ones he owns, how he came across them etc. I might not do it exactly as he does but I will try to get to all the letters of the alphabet over time.
There are several great authors whose name start with M: Naguib Mahfouz, Pascal Mercier, or Toni Morrison spring to mind but in the end, it had to be one of my favourite German authors ever: Thomas Mann. And here are the books I read by him, there are still more to come which I will add whenever I have read it.
- "Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family" (GE: Buddenbrooks) - 1901
- "A Man and His Dog" (GE: Herr und Hund. Ein Idyll) - 1918
- "The Magic Mountain" (GE: Der Zauberberg) - 1924
- "Joseph and his Brothers" (GE: Josef und seine Brüder) - 1933/34
- "Doctor Faustus" (GE: Doktor Faustus) - 1943-47
- "Confessions of Felix Krull" (GE: Bekenntnisse des Hochstaplers Felix Krull) - 1954
Buddenbrooks also happens to be one of my favourite books. Ever.
Facts about Thomas Mann:
Born Paul Thomas Mann 6 June 1875 in Lübeck
Died 12 August 1955 (aged 80) in Zürich, Switzerland
During the Nazi regime, the Mann family had to go into exile. Thomas first fled to Switzerland, than to the USA.
Also have a look at my report about our visit to the Buddenbrook house in Lübeck.
Thomas Mann received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1929 "principally for his great novel, 'Buddenbrooks', which has won steadily increased recognition as one of the classic works of contemporary literature".
I contribute to this page: Read the Nobels and you can find all my blogs about Nobel Prize winning authors and their books here.
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