the roamer<p>Happy Birthday, Thomas Mann.</p><p>Reposting here an earlier post of mine, pointing to a wonderful reading of all of Thomas Mann's Zauberberg, The Magic Mountain. </p><p>Yes, all of it. In 114 half-hour episodes.</p><p>The reading took place on the stage of a Hamburg theatre during the 2020 lockdown, by actor Sven Walser, who died in 2023. </p><p>It is a nuanced and faithful reading, and it is fresh, without the grandfatherly pomposity of some of the audiobooks. </p><p>(In German, so it helps if you know a little German,)</p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/@the_roamer/110641959268298713" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodonapp.uk/@the_roamer/110</span><span class="invisible">641959268298713</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ThomasMann" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThomasMann</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Zauberberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Zauberberg</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/MagicMountain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MagicMountain</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/SvenWalser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SvenWalser</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/HansCastorp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HansCastorp</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/audiobooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>audiobooks</span></a></p>