Buddenbroki. Mann T.

The Pearl of the Creative Heritage of Thomas Mann. Perhaps the best novel in the genre of "Family Saga" of German -speaking prose. The story of the take -off and the fall of the rich and powerful family of Budenbrock, at first glance as if embodying the ideal of German virtues. The history of three generations of representatives of this clan is from the power and ruthless patriarch to his grandchildren, already subject to all the vices and weaknesses of intellectuals. A story of love and betrayal, enmity and intrigue, struggle and envy, frenzied passion - and burning hatred...