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Old 12-20-2021, 07:17 PM   #217
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Originally Posted by issybird View Post
In my mind, The Magic Mountain is one of my favorite books of all time, mesmerizing, but I haven’t read it in decades. I plan to reread it - someday - but haven’t got to it. Sadly, his Buddenbrooks didn’t hold up for me when I reread it for the Lit Club years ago. I did discover that I preferred the original translation by H.T. Lowe-Porter to the highly touted John Woods translation.
I went to my local and bought The Magic Mountain half way through The Magician.
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