{"product_id":"the-magician-colm-toibin","title":"The Magician (Colm Tóibín)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e TOP TEN BESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE 2022\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION 2022\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom one of our greatest living writers comes a sweeping novel of unrequited love and exile, war and family.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Magician\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of Thomas Mann, whose life was filled with great acclaim and contradiction. He would find himself on the wrong side of history in the First World War, cheerleading the German army, but have a clear vision of the future in the second, anticipating the horrors of Nazism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe would have six children and keep his homosexuality hidden; he was a man forever connected to his family and yet bore witness to the ravages of suicide. He would write some of the greatest works of European literature, and win the Nobel Prize, but would never return to the country that inspired his creativity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough one life, Colm Tóibín tells the breathtaking story of the twentieth century.\u003cbr\u003e___________________________________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'As with everything Colm Tóibín sets his masterful hand to, \u003ci\u003eThe Magician\u003c\/i\u003e is a great imaginative achievement -\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e- \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eimmensely readable, erudite, worldly and knowing, and fully realized'\u003c\/b\u003e - Richard Ford\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'No living novelist dramatizes artistic creation as profoundly, as luminously, as Colm Tóibín . . .\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ereading him is among the deepest pleasures our literature can offer'\u003c\/b\u003e - Garth Greenwell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'This is not just a whole life in a novel, it's a whole world' - \u003c\/b\u003eKatharina Volckmer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eColm Tóibín\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Enniscorthy in 1955. He is the author of nine novels including \u003ci\u003eThe Master, Brooklyn, The Testament of Mary \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eNora Webster \u003c\/i\u003eand, most recently, \u003ci\u003eHouse of Names. \u003c\/i\u003eHis work has been shortlisted for the Booker three times, won the Costa Novel Award and the Impac Award. He has also published two collections of stories and many works of non-fiction. He lives in Dublin.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), B-format paperback, Englisch, 448 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65804269584733,"sku":"K093564936","price":11.3,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/9356493600001A.jpg?v=1788460884","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/the-magician-colm-toibin","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}