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# The Magic Mountain

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desertcart.com: The Magic Mountain (Audible Audio Edition): Thomas Mann, David Rintoul, Ukemi Audiobooks from W. F. Howes Ltd: Audible Books & Originals

Review: Brief Reflections on a Very Long But Worthwhile Novel - A friend of mine from my undergraduate days describes having read Thomas Mann’s The Magic Mountain out of a desire to see what gives it its prestige as a literary masterpiece of the twentieth century. I have to fess up to the same motivation. I’d read Death in Venice some time ago, probably first after having seen Luchiano Visconti’s gorgeous and compelling (and largely faithful) film adaptation of the work in the 1970s at the Bijou Theatre at the University of Iowa. (Wonderful for its offerings, not its accommodations.) But with a long trip planned through Europe and knowing that audio versions get me going into more imposing works, and in part because we’d be traveling through Switzerland and Germany, I decided to make Mann’s big book my project. Now having completed the work, like my friend, I was both impressed and somewhat puzzled by it. That is, it’s an extremely long book (over 1000 pages & many hours of listening, even at an accelerated play rate!). And while it focuses on the enigmatic young man Hans Catsdorp, it lacks a dramatic arc. But perhaps that’s a part of the artistic plan of the work: Catsdorp, who at first only plans a short visit to his cousin at the sanitorium high in the Swiss Alps, eventually finds himself a patient there in what proves to be a very other-worldly environment. Time as the ordinarily perceived passage of time, as well as a formative concept of daily life, becomes warped up in this not-so-heavenly realm. (Paul Ricoeur, in Volume 2 of his Time and Narrative makes useful and interesting observations about the nature of time revealed and discussed in this book.) However, this is not to say that nothing happens in this book. There are a variety of fascinating characters and very engaging scenes: the downhill ski by Hans in a snowstorm; Castorp’s infatuation with the enigmatic Claudia Chauchet; Han’s medical interests; the arguments (at quite an elevated level) of Settenbrini and Naphta and then their penultimate encounter; and the seance, among others that allow Mann to exhibit his gifts as a writer. Thus, this nether-world realm serves as host to a variety of encounters and insights involving a variety of characters. The lack of an arc doesn’t entail a lack of dramatic scenes. And, the book ends with a couple of shocking events that leave the reader pondering. This is one of those books that demands further reading (again, I agree with my friend on this point). It does prove to be a “magic” mountain, but is the magic for good or evil? Can we thrive in such a realm? Visit, and judge for yourself.
Review: Philosophical, profound, and long - A masterpiece set in place and time, populated by the protagonist Han Castorp and a cast of characters living disease (tuberculosis) and surrounded by death in a sanitarium in Davos—the magic mountain. What kind of fantasy life does one weave in such isolation? Philosophical, profound, and long.

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Brief Reflections on a Very Long But Worthwhile Novel
*by S***F on November 30, 2023*

A friend of mine from my undergraduate days describes having read Thomas Mann’s The Magic Mountain out of a desire to see what gives it its prestige as a literary masterpiece of the twentieth century. I have to fess up to the same motivation. I’d read Death in Venice some time ago, probably first after having seen Luchiano Visconti’s gorgeous and compelling (and largely faithful) film adaptation of the work in the 1970s at the Bijou Theatre at the University of Iowa. (Wonderful for its offerings, not its accommodations.) But with a long trip planned through Europe and knowing that audio versions get me going into more imposing works, and in part because we’d be traveling through Switzerland and Germany, I decided to make Mann’s big book my project. Now having completed the work, like my friend, I was both impressed and somewhat puzzled by it. That is, it’s an extremely long book (over 1000 pages & many hours of listening, even at an accelerated play rate!). And while it focuses on the enigmatic young man Hans Catsdorp, it lacks a dramatic arc. But perhaps that’s a part of the artistic plan of the work: Catsdorp, who at first only plans a short visit to his cousin at the sanitorium high in the Swiss Alps, eventually finds himself a patient there in what proves to be a very other-worldly environment. Time as the ordinarily perceived passage of time, as well as a formative concept of daily life, becomes warped up in this not-so-heavenly realm. (Paul Ricoeur, in Volume 2 of his Time and Narrative makes useful and interesting observations about the nature of time revealed and discussed in this book.) However, this is not to say that nothing happens in this book. There are a variety of fascinating characters and very engaging scenes: the downhill ski by Hans in a snowstorm; Castorp’s infatuation with the enigmatic Claudia Chauchet; Han’s medical interests; the arguments (at quite an elevated level) of Settenbrini and Naphta and then their penultimate encounter; and the seance, among others that allow Mann to exhibit his gifts as a writer. Thus, this nether-world realm serves as host to a variety of encounters and insights involving a variety of characters. The lack of an arc doesn’t entail a lack of dramatic scenes. And, the book ends with a couple of shocking events that leave the reader pondering. This is one of those books that demands further reading (again, I agree with my friend on this point). It does prove to be a “magic” mountain, but is the magic for good or evil? Can we thrive in such a realm? Visit, and judge for yourself.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Philosophical, profound, and long
*by C***F on November 11, 2025*

A masterpiece set in place and time, populated by the protagonist Han Castorp and a cast of characters living disease (tuberculosis) and surrounded by death in a sanitarium in Davos—the magic mountain. What kind of fantasy life does one weave in such isolation? Philosophical, profound, and long.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Berghof Denizens
*by J***L on October 2, 2025*

The Magic Mountain traces the seven-year sojourn of Hans Castorp at the Swiss mountain sanatorium called the Berghof. He is not very ill but stays because he has a fever. He is visiting his cousin Joachim who later dies of tuberculosis. He falls in love with Frau Chauchat who does not return his passion and leaves only to return with an older man Peeperkorn who dies from malaria. The Berghof has retained two physicians Behrens and Krukowski. The former treats Hans and discusses the state of medicine before antibiotics. The latter is a psychoanalyst, who indulges in a seance fraud which Hans exposes dramatically. Hans encounters Setembrini and Naptha who engage in several debates on rationalism versus spiritualism. The debate ends tragically. There is a lot of discussion about time and space. It is not clear if Mann was aware of Einstein's theories of space time and relativity which were promulgated at the time this book was written. I leave it to you to discover Han's fate as WWI intrudes on the residents of the Berghof

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