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| Author | Colm Tóibín |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Biographical novel |
| Publisher | Scribner |
Publication date | 7 September 2021 |
| Publication place | New York |
| Pages | 498 |
| ISBN | 9781476785080 |
The Magician, published in 2021, is a novel byColm Tóibín. It is a fictional biography of German Nobel laureateThomas Mann.[1][2]
In a review forThe New York Times, writerJay Parini assessedThe Magician as a "work of huge imaginative sympathy" and praised its "expansive and subtle rhythms" as satisfying and elegant.[3]
Lucy Hughes-Hallett ofThe Guardian recognised the work as "enormously ambitious" and felt Tóibín "exquisitely balanced" the private and public facets of Mann's life. Hughes-Hallet reserved special praise for Tóibín's "chilling account of his conversation with the financier and newspaper proprietorEugene Meyer".[4]
An upcoming feature film adaptation titled1949, directed byPaweł Pawlikowski and produced byEdward Berger,[5][6][7] began filming in August 2025.[8]
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