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“The Magic Mountain” – 100 Years: Let us celebrate with you

“The Magic Mountain” was published exactly one hundred years ago.

We are celebrating this anniversary with a wealth of inspiring events and activities centred around Thomas Mann’s novel – at home and abroad, with films, readings and a proper celebration.

The “Magic Mountain”, published in 1924, is one of the peaks of world literature: in both the literal and figurative sense.

Set in a lung sanatorium in the alpine scenery of Davos, the novel brings together a variety of curious characters.

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We listen to discussions about medicine and philosophy. We experience the outbreak of the First World War, which makes all these discussions seem null and void. At the centre: Hans Castorp, a young engineer, whom we accompany on his journey from the lowlands of Hamburg to the high mountains of Switzerland.

The novel is also a peak work in terms of its linguistic design and, not