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Slow .reading.

Six works that ask for one season each. The books we walk through, twelve pages at a time, in the small hour after dinner.

Length6 works
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RegionAlpine · Tokyo · Mexico
EditedForthcoming
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Novel · 1924

The Magic Mountain

The anchor. Twelve pages a night, between November and August.

706 pp.Translated · J. WoodsThomas Mann
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  • Work The Magic Mountain — anchor
    Thomas Mann · 1924 · Novel

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