Buddenbrooks

Thomas Mann's first great novel, written at the age of 25, is an epic study of decadence among the merchant families of Hamburg at the end of the nineteenth century. The novel is based on Mann's own experience as the son of a German merchant prince, but it goes far beyond his own experience in its sweep and comprehensiveness.

Primul mare roman al lui Thomas Mann, scris la varsta de 25 de ani, este un studiu epic al decadentei in randul familiilor de comercianti din Hamburg la sfarsitul secolului al XIX-lea. Romanul se bazeaza pe propria experienta a lui Mann ca fiu al unui print negustor german, dar depaseste cu mult propria sa experienta in amploarea si complexitatea sa.