Joseph and his brothers

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• swombat · Nov 4, 2008 · Recommends

  I'm currently re-reading Joseph and His Brothers, a 1200-page heavy-weight monster of a book by Thomas Mann (himself a heavy-weight monster of an author). Do I recommend it? Yes, but not for everyone. The preface itself is one of the heaviest essays…

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• swombat · Dec 23, 2008 · Recommends

  …book of the 20th century"? no way!) Memoirs of a Geisha is also nice but hardly a thought leader. And it seems to be completely missing immortal masterpieces such as Narziss & Goldmund (Herman Hesse), Joseph and his Brothers (Thomas Mann), The Trial (Kafka), and many others. An "OK" starting point, but not even the shadow of a definitive list.

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• pfortuny · Jul 3, 2022 · Recommends

  Thomas Mann’s “Joseph and his brothers”, a tetralogy on the biblical (old testament) Joseph. I am in the fourth reading.

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• fromseashore · Jan 21, 2023 · Recommends

  "Joseph and his brothers" by Thomas Mann.

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• MichaelMoser123 · Jul 3, 2020 · Mentions

  also keeping grain reserves was probably the killer application of ancient civilizations; (you can also read about that in the Bible - on Joseph and his brothers), being able to weather the occasional famine was probably worth much more than the increased risk of disease in crowded and dirty cities or the cost of bondage/servitude (in these times that is) - alternatively…