• One of the greatest creative works of the 20th century!

Joseph in Egypt - Thomas Mann

Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1938. Hard Cover books with black cloth-covered boards, title blind-stamped into front cover, embossed in gold on spine, patterned endpapers, yellow colored top page edges, original slipcase.The books are in Very Good+ condition as is the slip case. First Edition - Sixth Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

An embellishment of the Biblical tale of Joseph who, after being taken captive to Egypt, became prominent in the Pharaoh's household and welcomed his brothers in the time of famine. It is an incomparable modern rendering of this biblical story.

June 6, 1875 ( August 12, 1955) was a German novelist, short story writer, social critic, philanthropist, essayist, and 1929 Nobel Prize laureate, known for his series of highly symbolic and ironic epic novels and mid-length stories, noted for their insight into the psychology of the artist and the intellectual. His analysis and critique of the European and German soul used modernized German and Biblical stories, as well as the ideas of Goethe, Nietzsche, and Schopenhauer.

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