Buddenbrooks

Thomas Mann's Buddenbrooks chronicles the slow decline of a Lübeck merchant family across four generations. What the Buddenbrooks lose in wealth and standing, they gain in sensitivity-a trade Mann observes with a chronicler's precision and a skeptic's cool irony. This new translation brings his breakthrough novel into English that preserves both its broad social canvas and its sharp edge. The book follows the family through business deals and bankruptcies, marriages and funerals, festive dinner ...