The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann
A few days after Thomas Mann published The Magic Mountain in November 1924, 35-year-old Adolf Hitler was released from Landsberg Prison in Bavaria. The previous November, Hitler had instigated an armed uprising at the Bürgerbräukeller, a large beer hall located a short distance from where Mann lived. Hitler was convicted of treason, and spent 264 days i…
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