num_pages: 636
description: A ground-breaking biography of one of the twentieth-century's literary titans, Thomas Mann, author of Doctor Faustus, Death in Venice, and The Magic Mountain. From the intimate details of his sexual emancipation to the heart-wrenching relationship with his family to his evolving political identity to the impetus of his great novels, Anthony Heilbut offers original and incisive insight into the life of Thomas Mann as he becomes estranged from his beloved Germany, showing the fine threads in the weave between his life and his art.
language: English
title: Thomas Mann: Eros and Literature
titlecomplete: Thomas Mann: Eros and Literature
characters: Thomas Mann
genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Literature, History, Literary Criticism
ratings_count: 46
awards: awardedAt: 852105600000
name: Randy Shilts Award
category: Gay Nonfiction
publisher: Knopf