num_pages: 509
description: This novel is about musician Adrian Leverkuhn, told by his friend from childhood, Serenus Zeitblom. From childhood Adrian soaked in knowledge originally a student of theology, he left university and began studying music seriously under his first music teacher, Wendell Kretschmar. Arriving in Leipzig to study, Adrian is decoyed to a brothel by a porter, and that sets the stage for the tragedy of his life, played out literally against the backdrop of his towering musical achievements.
language: German
title: Doktor Faustus
titlecomplete: Doktor Faustus
characters: Adrian Leverkühn, Serenus Zeitblom, Rudi Schwerdtfeger,, Rüdiger Schildknapp
genres: Classics, Music, Novels, German Literature, Germany, 20th Century, Literature, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 12000
awards: awardedAt: 694252800000
name: Премія імені Максима Рильського
publisher: Fischer