Name: The Holy Sinner
ISBN: 9780520076716

Thomas Mann

Mann's humorous life of Pope Gregory provides an ironic take on medieval beliefs, and examines the relationship between religion and magic. The story, published in 1951, can also be read as a critique of the condition of Europe after WorldWar II.

The Holy Sinner

Helen T. Lowe-Porter

THE BOOK: An epic arch sinfulness, The Holy Sinner is one of Thomas Mann's great works. From the incestuous union of the two beautiful children of the Duke Grimald of Flanders a boy is borrn. Left to die at sea, the child is eventually rescued and brought up in holiness on the channel islands. Only after marrying his mother does the child come to realise the unwitting - and witting - extent of his crime against nature.

The Holy Sinner

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