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Author: Thomas Mann

📘 Joseph und seine Brüder by Thomas Mann

Thomas Mann’s monumental retelling of the biblical story of Joseph—encompassing the stories of Jacob, Young Joseph, Joseph in Egypt, and Joseph the Provider—has long been regarded by the author as his magnum opus. This new English translation by John E. Woods presents the novel as a unified "mythological" narrative that moves from Joseph’s fall into slavery to his rise as lord over Egypt, drawing richly on the world of patriarchs, pharaohs, Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Palestine. Mann’s prose blends humor, emotion, psychological insight, and epic grandeur to illuminate the universal force of human love in all its beauty, desperation, absurdity, and pain.

First publish date: 1934

Genre: Historical Fiction/Ancient Historical Fiction

Authors: Thomas Mann

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