Thomas Mann Life As a Work of Art A Biography

"Kurzke's portrait of the artist as an all-too-human being is not for the uninitiated, still less for those who have no intention of ever being initiated but who read literary biography as a substitute for literature. One need not be a connoisseur to enjoy the book, but it helps. He assumes a passing first-hand acquaintance with the major fiction....[An] intelligent, affirming biography."Kurzke, Hermann is the author of 'Thomas Mann Life As a Work of Art A Biography', published 2002 under ISBN 9780691070698 and ISBN 0691070695.