>Settembrini
>Behrens
>Naphta
>>8731490
No one in /lit/ has finished that book, my dear anon.
>>8731490
>muh pre-war Europe
>muh doomed way of life
>muh tuberculosis
>>8731513
Speak for yourself pleb. I remembered the characters just fine. I guess if they seem in someway poorly defined, it's because Mann's intent on using them as walking talking representations of concepts. I actually read Mann to see what influence he had on Mishima & this character as cypher problem can be argued in his work too.
>>8731490
The Magic Mountain is all about its supporting characters, the fuck you talking about?
>>8731490
Naphta and Settembrini are some of the most well-known characters in all of literature you fucking pleb.