An edition of Joseph und seine Brüder (1934)

Joseph and his Brothers

the stories of Jacob, young Joseph, Joseph in Egypt, Joseph the provider

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An edition of Joseph und seine Brüder (1934)

Joseph and his Brothers

the stories of Jacob, young Joseph, Joseph in Egypt, Joseph the provider

  • 5.0 (1 rating) ·
  • 33 Want to read
  • 1 Currently reading
  • 2 Have read

This remarkable new translation of the Nobel Prize-winner’s great masterpiece is a major literary event.

Thomas Mann regarded his monumental retelling of the biblical story of Joseph as his magnum opus. He conceived of the four parts–The Stories of Jacob, Young Joseph, Joseph in Egypt, and Joseph the Provider–as a unified narrative, a “mythological novel” of Joseph’s fall into slavery and his rise to be lord over Egypt. Deploying lavish, persuasive detail, Mann conjures for us the world of patriarchs and pharaohs, the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Palestine, and the universal force of human love in all its beauty, desperation, absurdity, and pain. The result is a brilliant amalgam of humor, emotion, psychological insight, and epic grandeur.

Now the award-winning translator John E. Woods gives us a definitive new English version of Joseph and His Brothers that is worthy of Mann’s achievement, revealing the novel’s exuberant polyphony of ancient and modern voices, a rich music that is by turns elegant, coarse, and sublime.
--front flap

Publish Date
Publisher
Everyman's Library
Language
English
Pages
1492

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Cover of: Joseph and his Brothers
Joseph and his Brothers: the stories of Jacob, young Joseph, Joseph in Egypt, Joseph the provider
2005, Everyman's Library
Hardcover in English
Cover of: Joseph und seine Brüder.
Joseph und seine Brüder.
1966, S. Fischer
in German
Cover of: Joseph and his brothers
Joseph and his brothers
1934, Knopf
in English - 1st American ed.

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Table of Contents

The stories of Jacob
Young Joseph
Joseph in Egypt
Joseph the provider

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. xvii-xix)
US / CAN edition

Published in
New York, USA
Series
Everyman's Library #287
Genre
Fiction
Other Titles
Stories of Jacob, young Joseph, Joseph in Egypt, Joseph the provider
Copyright Date
2005

Classifications

Library of Congress
PT2625.A44 J7813 2005, PT2625.A44J7813 2004
lccn_permalink
https://lccn.loc.gov/2004043226

Contributors

Translator
John E. Woods

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Pagination
xl, 1492 p. ;
Number of pages
1492

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL17204913M
Internet Archive
josephhisbrother00mann
ISBN 10
1400040019
ISBN 13
9781400040018
LCCN
2004043226
OCLC/WorldCat
54446351, 1020186048
Amazon ID (ASIN)
1400040019
Google
BA5mAAAAMAAJ
Library Thing
4841034
Goodreads
88076

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