Thread: Literary Buddenbrooks by Thomas Mann
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Old 07-20-2013, 11:42 AM   #20
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Originally Posted by issybird View Post
Mann telegraphs a little too much, too. It was obvious that the creepy and insistent Grünlich had a not-so-hidden agenda and that the marriage would end badly; emphasizing that he wouldn't let Tony live in town or have a carriage were overkill. A little more subtlety allowing for a modicum of uncertainty would be a good thing.
completely and totally agree - there isn't much of a narrative tension in the book, and I am hopeful that we are getting snippets of a larger canvas. For the moment (beginning part V) I have to say I am a little disappointed: the contrast with The Magic Mountain couldn't be greater.
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