Thomas Mann is regarded as a role model for discipline, as a diligent, unwavering worker in his study chamber. His diaries, however, show a different picture: between morning tiredness and an upset stomach, the self-imposed writing workload has to be wrested from his own body every day - sometimes with success, much more often without.
Felix Lindner, known for his Twitter account "Thomas Mann Daily", has compiled 365 short quotations from the diaries in this humorous book, which show the everyday life of the Nobel Prize winner with all its crises and obstacles. Yes, Thomas Mann had people and women around him who took care of his housework and protected him from the restlessness of the outside world. Nevertheless, he was not a calm "magician" whose sentences just flowed from his pen. Like all of us, he was tired and annoyed, plagued by doubts and constantly distracted by life beyond the books.
"Rarely have I felt more connected to the Nobel Prize winner and exceptional writer Thomas Mann" - ZEIT-Newsletter, Debora Schnitzler
"The perfect gift for all Thomas Mann admirers, for all Thomas Mann haters and for all those who have never read anything by Thomas Mann!" - ZDF Das literarische Quartett, Thea Dorn
