num_pages: 1232
description: This remarkable new translation of the Nobel Prize-winner’s great masterpiece is a major literary event. 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.
language: English
title: Joseph and His Brothers
titlecomplete: Joseph and His Brothers
characters: Jacob (bible - son of Isaac), Joseph (Son of Jacob)
genres: Fiction, Egypt, Religion, German Literature, Literature, Classics, Novels, Germany, Historical Fiction, 20th Century
ratings_count: 1949
series: Joseph und seine Brüder
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Κρατικό Βραβείο Λογοτεχνικής Μετάφρασης
category: Μετάφραση Έργου Ξένης Λογοτεχνίας στην Ελληνική Γλώσσα
publisher: Penguin