Joseph and His Brothers - Thomas Mann

Category: Classic, Historical Fiction, Literature
Language: English
Keywords: German Mann

Written by Thomas Mann
Read by Mark Elstob
Format: M4B
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

Contains all 4 books

Book 1 - The Tales of Jacob
Book 2 - Young Joseph
Book 3 - Joseph in Egypt
Book 4 - Joseph the Provider

Thomas Mann regarded his monumental retelling of the biblical story of Joseph as his magnum opus. He conceived of the four parts–The Stories of Jacob, Young Joseph, Joseph in Egypt, and Joseph the Provider–as a unified narrative, a “mythological novel” of Joseph’s fall into slavery and his rise to be lord over Egypt. Deploying lavish, persuasive detail, Mann conjures for us the world of patriarchs and pharaohs, the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Palestine, and the universal force of human love in all its beauty, desperation, absurdity, and pain. The result is a brilliant amalgam of humor, emotion, psychological insight, and epic grandeur.