Joseph and his Brothers -

Thomas Mann

Everyman

2005

1536 páginas

2d 3h 12m

ISBN-10: 1857152875

Thomas Mann regarded his monumental retelling of the biblical story of Joseph as his magnum opus. He conceived of the four parts-The Stories of Jacob, Young Joseph, Joseph in Egypt, and Joseph the Provider-as a unified narrative, a "mythological novel" of Joseph's fall into slavery and his rise to be lord over Egypt. Deploying lavish, persuasive detail, Mann conjures for us the world of patriarchs and pharaohs, the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Palestine, and the universal force of human love in all its beauty, desperation, absurdity, and pain. The result is a brilliant amalgam of humor, emotion, psychological insight, and epic grandeur.

Now the award-winning translator John E. Woods gives us a definitive new English version of Joseph and His Brothers that is worthy of Mann's achievement, revealing the novel's exuberant polyphony of ancient and modern voices, a rich music that is by turns elegant, coarse, and sublime.

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5 (Perfeito)

o livro é enorme, a leitura difícil, as vezes cansativa, porém tudo é recompensado pela genialidade do Thomas Mann ao contar a historia de José. historia que segundo ele, é a mais bonita da Bíblia e que o único defeito era ser muito curta. Bem... Agora não é mais.