Buddenbrooks

Thomas Mann's 'Buddenbrooks' is a grand narrative sweeping through four generations of a bourgeois German family in the 19th century. It meticulously chronicles the decline of the Buddenbrooks, a once-flourishing merchant dynasty, contrasting economic success with personal disintegration. Mann's astute portrayal of characters, combined with a keen understanding of societal transformation, is enriched by his celebrated literary style, a masterful blend of realist detail and philosophical investi ...