Thomas Mann

Mario and the Magician is one of Mann's most political stories. Mann openly criticizes fascism, a choice which later became one of the grounds for his exile to Switzerland following Hitler's rise to power. The sorcerer, Cipolla, is analogous to the fascist dictators of the era with their fiery speeches and rhetoric. …

One of the great novels written by Nobel Prize winner Thomas Mann: A historical, psychological and literary masterpiece about the meeting between Goethe and his former lover Charlotte Kestner (Lotte). The first novel by Thomas in Esperanto, translated by Karl Schulze (translator of Goethe's Faust/Fauxsto), la …