America's Magic Mountain (Lannan Selection)

White, Curtis

ISBN 10: 1564783693 ISBN 13: 9781564783691

Verlag: Dalkey Archive Press, 2004

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Unusual book

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.".. perfect for sardonic social satire... " -- Publishers Weekly

..". perfect for sardonic social satire... " -- Publishers Weekly

..". perfect for sardonic social satire... "--Publishers Weekly

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A contemporary version of Thomas Mann's The Magic Mountain, Curtis White's novel begins with Mann's "unassuming young man," Hans Castorp, visiting his cousin at a health retreat. In this version though, the retreat is a spa for recovering alcoholics, unlike all other rehab centers. Rather than encouraging their patients to free themselves of their addiction, the directors of The Elixir believe that sobriety isn't for everyone, that you must let alcohol work its way on you. Filled with many compelling and comic voices, White's novel is a strange and unlikely world that, nevertheless, is quite recognizable as our own.

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• Verlag: Dalkey Archive Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1564783693
• ISBN 13: 9781564783691
• Einband: Rústica
• Anzahl der Seiten: 231