Mario and the Magician (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Thomas Mann
- First Published: 1930
- Type of Plot: Symbolist
- Time of Work: About 1929
- Setting: Torre di Venere, a fictional town in southern Italy
- Principal Characters: The narrator, His wife, Their two young children, Cavaliere Cipolla, Mario, Silvestra
- Genres: Short fiction, Political fiction
- Subjects: Family or family life, Magic or magicians, Murder or homicide, Oppression, Entertaining or entertainers, Vacations
The Story
Torre di Venere is a bustling but faintly decaying resort village on the Tyrrhenian Sea. It shares fine white sands and high pine groves with other beachside towns along the way. By the middle of August, it is awash in humanity; during the day hordes of sunburned vacationers of all ages, both sexes, and several nationalities converge at the water's edge. The narrator acknowledges his disappointment with these surroundings, which are no more auspicious than those of other southern Italian retreats. He and his wife are beset by redundant hotel and restaurant...
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