Magic Mountain (volume 1 and 2)
About This Novel
This book tells the story of Hans Castorp, a young man with a bright future who was unfortunately infected with tuberculosis during the treatment of anemia in the "Mountain Villa" International Sanatorium and was forced to stay in the sanatorium for a long time. During this period, he met all kinds of strange people, including secretive Freemasons, fanatical Jesuit priests, and colonial farmers. Various ideological trends collided and confronted here. As a result, the protagonist not only began to have confused thoughts, but also became increasingly depressed, and became obsessed with a married woman. The villa became a "magic mountain", where he forgot time, the responsibilities and mission of life. Seven years later, the world war broke out, and the artillery fire of the war finally woke him up. Inspired by the so-called "patriotism", he rushed to the battlefield. The author attempts to fully highlight the spiritual chaos and decadence of the Western world through dialogue, symbols, dreams, debates, monologues and other modern expression methods.
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