Joseph and His Brothers (Omnibus Vol Includes : Joseph and His Brothers, Young Joseph, Joseph in Egypt, and Joseph the Provider)

Mann, Thomas

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0394431324 ISBN 13: 9780394431321

Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 1983

The complete text of the tetralogy on the mythical life of Joseph

Review:

This excellent new translation by John E. Woods is a cause for celebration: first, because Joseph and His Brothers is in fact a great novel that will now be discovered by a new generation of readers; and second, because Woods himself is to be credited with an extraordinary achievement . . . Woods tackles the challenges of Mann s wide-ranging diction with exuberance . . . Mann has finally found his ideal English translator. New Republic, Ruth Franklin"

"This excellent new translation by John E. Woods is a cause for celebration: first, because Joseph and His Brothers is in fact a great novel that will now be discovered by a new generation of readers; and second, because Woods himself is to be credited with an extraordinary achievement . . . Woods tackles the challenges of Mann's wide-ranging diction with exuberance . . . Mann has finally found his ideal English translator." -New Republic, Ruth Franklin

Book Description:

SALES POINTS: * Pitch to: students, those intersted in religion and religious studies, history, the general leader. * Classic fiction which sells steadily year on year. * Has been core Penguin backlist for years - now reverting to Minera. * An essential part of the Mann reissue programme - including truly gorgeous new covers.