America's magic mountain
Subtitle: a novel
By: Curtis White
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Normal
Language: eng
Number of pages: 231
ISBN-13: 9781564783691
Subjects: Alcoholics; Young men; Health resorts; Rehabilitation centers; Rehabilitation; Drinking of alcoholic beverages; Fiction
Description: "A contemporary version of Thomas Mann's The Magic Mountain, Curtis White's novel begins with Mann's "unassuming young man," Hans Castorp, visiting his cousin at a health retreat. In this version though, the retreat is a spa for recovering alcoholics, unlike all other rehab centers. Rather than encouraging their patients to free themselves of their addiction, the directors of The Elixir believe that sobriety isn't for everyone, that you must let alcohol work its way on you. Filled with many compelling and comic voices, White's novel is a strange and unlikely world that, nevertheless, is quite recognizable as our own."--Jacket.