Thomas Mann's The Magic Mountain
in the new translation by John E. Woods

March 12-13, 2004
Bowdoin College, Brunswick

Registration ($200 per person) includes tuition, the book, other materials, dinner, breakfast, lunch, reception, and a contribution to the Council. A limited number of scholarships are available to Maine high school students.

Set in an Alpine sanatorium in the years just before World War I, Mann’s masterpiece is both a traditional European novel and a Modernist gamble on what is to come. Blending social comedy with philosophical speculation, The Magic Mountain (1924) tells the story of a young man’s education – political, spiritual, erotic – in a civilization on the verge of collapse. Europe itself proves to be the patient in what is widely regarded as one of the greatest novels of the 20th century.

The Winter Weekend runs from Friday evening through Saturday. It will include contextual talks on such subjects as European history and Mann’s own life, small group discussions of the novel, music, and meals. $200 per person, including a donation to the Council’s programs at the Long Creek Youth Development Center. Scholarships available for high school and college students. CEUs available for teachers.