"John E. Woods is revising our impression of Thomas Mann, masterpiece by masterpiece."??--The New Yorker"Doctor Faustus is Mann's deepest artistic gesture. . . . Finely translated by John E. Woods." -
浮士德(Faust、Faustus)是德國傳說中一位著名人物,傳聞他是巫師或占星師,傳說他將靈魂賣給魔鬼,以換取知識。有許多文學、音樂、歌劇或電影以這個故事為藍本加以改編,例如歌德的《浮士德 I》與《浮士德 II》、白遼士的《浮士德的天譴》及文藝復興時期英國劇作家克里斯多福馬洛 (Christopher Marlowe) 的《浮士德博士悲劇》The Tragical History of Doct
Adrian Leverkuhn is a young man destined for success. He is a composer – creative and brilliant, but he will stop at nothing to achieve greatness. Intentionally contracting syphilis in order to deepen