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Mephisto: a novel
by Mann, Klaus, translated by Robin Smyth
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0394416546
- ISBN 13
- 9780394416540
- Seller
-
San Francisco, California, United States
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About This Item
Synopsis
Hendrik Hofgen is a man obsessed with becoming a famous actor. When the Nazis come to power in Germany, he willingly renounces his Communist past and deserts his wife and mistress in order to keep on performing. His diabolical performance as Mephistopheles in Faust proves to be the stepping-stone he yearned for: attracting the attention of Hermann Göring, it wins Hofgen an appointment as head of the State Theatre. The rewards – the respect of the public, a castle-like villa, a uplace in Berlin's highest circles – are beyond his wildest dreams. But the moral consequences of his betrayals begin to haunt him, turning his dreamworld into a nightmare.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 293918
- Title
- Mephisto: a novel
- Author
- Mann, Klaus, translated by Robin Smyth
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0394416546
- ISBN 13
- 9780394416540
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1977
- Bookseller catalogs
- Gay Studies; Modern first edition; Nazi, all 20th C varieties; Theater, theatre;
Terms of Sale
Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
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About the Seller
Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
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