Tobias Mindernickel

Summary

"Tobias Mindernickel" is an early short story by Thomas Mann. Written in 1897, while Mann was living in Rome with his elder brother Heinrich it was first published in January 1898 in the German literary magazine Neue Deutsche Rundschau. It has subsequently appeared in several anthologies of Mann's short stories and novellas.

"Tobias Mindernickel"
Short story by Thomas Mann
Thomas Mann in 1900, two years after the publication of "Tobias Mindernickel"
LanguageGerman
Genre(s)Short story
Publication
Published inNeue Deutsche Rundschau
Publication dateJanuary 1898

English translations edit

  • H. T. Lowe-Porter, published in Stories of Three Decades (Alfred Knopf, 1936)
  • Joachim Neugroschel, published in Death in Venice and Other Stories (Penguin, 1998)
  • Jefferson S. Chase, published in Death in Venice and Other Stories (Signet, 1999).[1][2]

References edit

  1. ^ Mundt, Hannelore (2004). Understanding Thomas Mann. p. 35. University of South Carolina Press. ISBN 1570035377
  2. ^ Lehnert, Herbert (2004). A Companion to the Works of Thomas Mann. pp. 38–39. Boydell & Brewer. ISBN 1571132198

External links edit

  • Complete English translation by Jefferson Chase on the official website of Penguin Books
  • Bjorklund, Beth (1978) "Thomas Mann's “Tobias Mindernickel” in Light of Sartre's 'Being-for-Others'". Studies in 20th Century Literature, Vol. 2, Issue 2, Article 2.