Colm Toibin has introduced his new novel, “The Magician,” based on a famous novelist, Thomas Mann. In this new novel, Colm Toibin has covered Thomas Mann’s turbulent private and public life.
Toibin has humanized Mann in a great way to reveal some secrets about Mann’s life. It is not for the first time that Toibin has dramatized the life of a popular novelist. He wrote “The Master” in 2004 based on Henry James.
Grasp the Entirety of Mann’s Life and Times
Unlike other writers, Colm Toibin has not just touched some part of a writer’s life. Instead, he has covered the entirety of Mann’s life and times. And he has done so in a neat way by focusing on the maximalist scope and intimate feelings.
“The Magician” is somber, prickly, and strange all at once. Toibin has greatly focused on the sexual inclinations of Mann towards men. Besides, he has also covered great stuff about Mann’s wife Katia in his new novel.
Apart from this, “The Magician’ also highlights Mann’s work life and relationship with his family members. Toibin is gay and he has always focused on expressing sympathy to sexual outsiders. And he has explored the sexual sub currents in his novel.
Reflects Ups and Downs of Mann’s Life
“The Magician” is a great novel by Toibin and it focuses on the ups & downs of Mann’s life. And it highlights Mann’s changing politics and his bad relations with Hitler.
Moreover, Toibin also highlights the prevalence of homosexuality, suicides, and gerontophilia in the Mann family. More importantly, “The Magician” is greatly inspired by Mann’s diaries in which he wrote secrets of his life.
Toibin’s novels focus on the decline of manners and morals, and families. Besides, they emphasize the decline of countries and institutions. Thus, this novel has many great things to learn for readers.
In “The Magician”, Toibin has portrayed a character who explores himself over the course of his lifetime. Besides, he has also mentioned Mann’s love for Germany in a deep way.
Moreover, Toibin has mixed domestic dramas with global subjects to create a novel that dismantles the calmest character. Toibin’s fictional novel, “The Master” about the life of Henry James was a Booker Prize finalist in 2004.
In “The Magician”, Toibin has followed a different approach. He has fictionally covered the Mann family’s odd humors, conflicts, and struggles lucidly. And it is a great novel to read as it captures many events that could change the thinking of readers.
