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“The Master of Contradictions is many things: a biography of Thomas Mann’s The Magic Mountain, a history of the Weimar Republic, and a story about one reader’s relationship to the most beguiling novel of the twentieth century. Morten Høi Jensen writes from a place of profound feeling and deep erudition. He is the perfect guide to the novel’s intricate, enchanted world; I did not want to stop exploring it with him.”—Merve Emre, contributing writer, New Yorker “The Master of Contradictions could not be a more perfect book for our times. Jensen charts Mann’s progress from an enthusiastic militarist who scorned democracy to a stalwart defender of the Weimar Republic with sensitivity, intelligence, and a sharp eye for poetic detail.”—Phil Klay, author of Missionaries “Meticulously detailed, with delicious bites of gossip, Jensen gives the reader a portrait of Mann at his finest and most human. Tender and personal, brash and piercing, finely researched and a pleasure to read.”— Samantha Rose Hill, author of Hannah Arendt “An absolutely gripping read!”—Tobias Boes, author of A Reader’s Guide to Thomas Mann’s “Doctor Faustus” “Morten Høi Jensen’s study of The Magic Mountain reads like a mystery story, inspiring fascination and head-shaking admiration, as it distills beautifully an immense range of books and information.”—Stanley Corngold, author of The Mind in Exile: Thomas Mann in Princeton

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Morten Høi Jensen is a Danish-American writer and critic. He is the author of A Difficult Death: The Life and Work of Jens Peter Jacobsen and has contributed to numerous publications, including the Washington Post, the New York Review of Books, Commonweal, and Liberties.

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