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A bit meta. This is a novel about a real person (Nobel prize winner Thomas Mann) who writes novels based off real people of his time.
These fictions always fascinate me and send me down Google rabbit holes. How much is true? I wonder if the real.human would have been mad about the book.
Overall the book is a bit slow, but covers a large time period, Mann's life before WWI through the Cold war. Lots of family and gov.politics. I liked it.

An imagined portrayal on the life of Thomas Mann whom I had heard of but never read. And now not sure I want to, hmm 🤔

It‘s been awhile posting on Litsy but finally on vacation and reading. ❤️

Father‘s Day gift! Husband just finished Mann‘s The Magic Mountain, and said he wanted to read this one. I take any opportunity to buy a book! 😂 #bookmail

What a remarkable piece of art. Gorgeous book. Seriously what a beautiful literary accomplishment. Loved it and it‘s so deserving of all the awards!

4⭐️ Reading this novel feels like watching Taiwanese family drama series 🤪 I love how Mann jumps from one incident to another, making me alert with much anticipation. Short chapters with total of 11 parts, this chunkster doesn‘t feel like a chunkster at all. It‘s super readable and I enjoyed it so much.

I thought this story about the writer Thomas Mann was interesting but slightly dry. It was set during the first and second world wars in Germany but focused primarily on Mann. It was a good read but not incredible. 4/5

Currently reading…. It‘s so entertaining I cannot stop!

With the caveat that I know nothing about Mann IRL, so can't comment on how "historical" it really is. For me much more gripping as the Mann family were forced into exile.