THE MAGICIAN

Thomas Mann grew up at the end of the nineteenth century in a wealthy merchant family in Germany, under the shadow of a conservative and distant father and a mother who came from Brazil. Young Man hides his artistic ambitions from his fatherand his most homosexual tendencies of all. After the father's sudden death, the boy dares to focus on writing. Within a few years he becomes the most successful writer of his time and later wins the Nobel Prize. Thomas Mann writes about himself: the novel "Bodenbrook House" is based on his childhood experiences; The novel "Death in Venice" was written after a vacation in Italy, where he was fascinated by a boy he met on the beach; "Magic Mountain" was written following a visit to a sanatorium. He also wrote a provocative story about his wife Katya - young and brilliant, daughter of a rich Jewish family - and her twin brother. All the while, in order to keep the family intact, he had to struggle with his most hidden passions and face family tragedies