THE BLACK SWAN

by Thomas Mann ‧ RELEASE DATE: June 7, 1954

Mann's reputation will certainly not benefit by this slight and meaningless novel. One is hard put to it to find any reason for it. It is an unpleasant and unreal story of a woman beyond middle age who finds herself in love with a youth, a lightweight, superficial, shadowy figure, her son's tutor. The woman's daughter, Anna, is official ""ear""- as her mother reveals to her resentment of the symptoms of her advancing years; then rejoicing when she thought she had found youth again; confession of her love, already recognized with shock by her children; and at the end, when disease claims her life, her love spoken but not consummated, acceptance of death because of the promise it briefly gave her.

Pub Date: June 7, 1954

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Knopf

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: June 1, 1954

Categories: FICTION