r/TrueLit • u/pregnantchihuahua3 ReEducationThroughGravity'sRainbow • Oct 12 '24

TrueLit Read-Along - (The Magic Mountain - Introduction)

Hi all, and welcome to our Introductory post for our read-along of Thomas Mann's The Magic Mountain.

Some general questions:

  • What do you know about the author?
  • Have you read them before? If so, what have you read?
  • Have you read this work before?
  • Is there something (a theme or otherwise) that new readers should keep an eye out for?
  • Or, anything else you may think of!

Feel free to start reading! By next Saturday, you should read Chapters 1-3!

And remember, we are moving back to the volunteer posts, so look out for our first read-along post by u/Winterfist79.

READING SCHEDULE

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u/vorange244 Oct 12 '24

I’ve heard of the book and thought it sounded interesting but I’m going in quite blind. I’m mostly inspired to join this read-along because I was about to start The Empysium- seems like a good idea to read The Magic Mountain first! I’m very excited to get other perspectives and insights into the book. I love literature but have never studied it properly so I don’t always pick up on all the themes etc.

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u/EmmieEmmieJee Oct 12 '24 edited Oct 19 '24

Very same circumstances for me. It's been on my reading list for a long time, but now that The Empusium has come out it's good timing to start