The Black Swan - Softcover

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ISBN 10: 0156131285 ISBN 13: 9780156131285

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A handsome young American profoundly affects the lives of a widow and her daughter when he enters their household

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"In "The Black Swan Thomas Mann returns to the compact dimensions and to the subject matter of "Death in Venice (transposed into heterosexual terms)--the infatuation of an aging person for a young one. . . . A provocative addition to Mann's writings."--C. J. Rolo, "Atlantic Monthly

About the Author:

Thomas Mann (1875-1955), winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1929, wrote essays as well as some of the great fiction of the twentieth century, including Buddenbrooks, The Magic Mountain, Death in Venice, Joseph and His Brothers, and Doctor Faustus. Nina Pelikan Straus teaches in the Humanities program at SUNY, Purchase and has published articles on Mann's Dr. Faustus and Kafka's Metamorphis.

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