{"product_id":"buddenbrooks-by-thomas-mann-9780241785409","title":"Buddenbrooks","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe definitive English translation of Mann's first masterpiece—a grand epic of family life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'I bear within me the seed, the rudiments, the possibility of life's capacities and endeavours. Where might I be, if I were not here?'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBuddenbrooks\u003c\/em\u003e is one of the original, and greatest, of family chronicles—the story of four generations of a wealthy and bourgeois German family as they experience all the anguish and rewards of human life: births, marriages, divorces, deaths, madness, bankruptcy, and artistic achievement. Richly realised and profoundly moving, Thomas Mann's first great novel was published when he was only twenty-five and was one of the two books for which he won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1929.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eJohn E. Woods' elegant translation is widely acclaimed as the best available English version.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47269560778988,"sku":"9780241785409","price":32.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/102827483f027b97e6714f29404d8989.jpg?v=1769986608","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/buddenbrooks-by-thomas-mann-9780241785409","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}