{"product_id":"the-magic-mountain-9780679772873","title":"The Magic Mountain","description":"\u003cb\u003eNOBEL PRIZE WINNER - A monumental work of erudition and irony, sexual tension and intellectual ferment, \u003ci\u003eThe Magic Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e is an enduring classic.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith this dizzyingly rich novel of ideas, Thomas Mann rose to the front ranks of the great modern novelists, winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1929. \u003ci\u003eThe Magic Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e takes place in an exclusive tuberculosis sanatorium in the Swiss Alps-a community devoted to sickness that serves as a fictional microcosm for Europe in the days before the First World War. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTo this hermetic and otherworldly realm comes Hans Castorp, an \"ordinary young man\" who arrives for a short visit and ends up staying for seven years, during which he succumbs both to the lure of eros and to the intoxication of ideas.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas Mann\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage International\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 720\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.14lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.08h x 5.26w x 1.25d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780679772873","brand":"Ripon Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44148158988333,"sku":"9780679772873","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0681\/0501\/1245\/files\/img_780dae9d-0ad3-4b34-961b-1382ff59ddb8.jpg?v=1757216065","url":"https:\/\/riponbookstore.com\/products\/the-magic-mountain-9780679772873","provider":"Ripon Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}