Name: The Turning Point
Price: 29.09 EUR
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Author: Klaus Mann
ISBN: 9780910129145

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Editorial:: Markus Wiener Publishers
Año de edición:: 2013
Materia: Biografía: general
ISBN:: 9780910129145

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Klaus Mann, writer of Mephisto and the oldest son of Nobel Prize winner Thomas Mann, describes the life of intellectuals in Europe before the Nazi seizure of power, then moves on to depict the restless existence of the often bohemian literary circles of writers in Paris, Zurich, Amsterdam, New York, and Hollywood in the 30s and 40s. 3

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