The Magic Mountain

“The Magic Mountain” is one of the most significant novels of twentieth-century German and world literature, written by Thomas Mann. Set in a Swiss sanatorium for tuberculosis patients, the story follows the protagonist, young engineer Hans Castorp, who arrives to visit his cousin and ends up staying for seven years. The novel is a profound philosophical reflection on time, illness, and death, serving as an allegory of European society on the eve of the First World War.