Our Book of the Week is The Magician by Colm Tóibín
Tóibín brings his immense sympathies and verbal prowess to bear upon the life of Thomas Mann, a writer forced to cope with the turmoil of both public and private life because of war, exile and suicide. Mann's re-evaluation of his relationship to his homeland and his family underlies his novels, and Tóibín reveals the many layers and contradictions of a complex genius.
>>Read Stella's review.
>>Inside the mind of Thomas Mann.
>>At the Thomas Mann House.
>>What's the story?
>>"Stop this nonsense!"
>>"I grew up in a society where homosexuality was unmentioned."
>>Socks.
>>Shortlisted for the 2022 Rathbones Folio Prize.
>>Your copy.
>>Read Stella's review.
>>Inside the mind of Thomas Mann.
>>At the Thomas Mann House.
>>What's the story?
>>"Stop this nonsense!"
>>"I grew up in a society where homosexuality was unmentioned."
>>Socks.
>>Shortlisted for the 2022 Rathbones Folio Prize.
>>Your copy.