Castorp

Shortlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2008Delightful. . . gently deceptively provocative.The ObserverFull of depth andallusion . . . wonderfully... » 

Shortlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2008Delightful. . . gently deceptively provocative.The ObserverFull of depth andallusion . . . wonderfully absurd humour.The Independent onSundayInspired by Thomas Manns The Magic Mountain Castorp recountsHans Castorps student years in Gdansk Poland. Pawel Huelle imagines whathappened when Castorp encounters people events and ideas that anticipate theyears to come including an enigmatic woman who becomes his obsession.Set atthe dawn of the twentieth century Castorp conveys with elegant restraint theaccelerating pressure as Europe hurtles toward the First World War.PawelHuelle is a novelist playwright and newspaper columnist. He lives in GdanskPoland. His previous novels include MercedesBenz. «