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Neugroschel reinterprets Thomas Mann for modern English-speaking readers. These works subtly explore the great themes of Mann's fiction -- his mythic fascination with sexual inhibition and artistic creativity. / Contents The will for happiness -- Little Herr Friedemann -- Tobias Mindernickel -- Little Lizzy -- Gladius dei -- Tristan -- The starvelings -- Tonio Kröger -- The wunderkind -- Harsh hour -- Blood of the Walsungs -- Death in Venice.