The Magic Mountain
A major landmark of Woods's Thomas Mann translations.
Author guide
John E. Woods Books in Order
John E. Woods was an award-winning American translator of German-language literature. He translated major novels by Thomas Mann, much of Arno Schmidt's fiction, and works by Alfred Döblin, Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Christoph Ransmayr, Ingo Schulze, Patrick Süskind, and other German-language writers. His honors included the National Book Award for Translation, PEN Translation Prizes, the Schlegel-Tieck Prize, the Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize, and the Goethe Medal.
literary translationGerman literaturemodernist fictioncontemporary fiction
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Evening Edged in Gold
Woods's first published translation and an award-winning introduction to his Arno Schmidt work.
Collected Novellas: Collected Early Fiction, 1949–1964
The first volume of Woods's central Arno Schmidt early-fiction series.
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Books by series
collection-series · complete
Arno Schmidt: Collected Early Fiction, 1949–1964
A four-volume English translation series of Arno Schmidt's early fiction.
- 1 Collected Novellas: Collected Early Fiction, 1949–1964Amazon ↗
Book 1 · novella-collection · 1994
- 2 Nobodaddy's Children: Scenes from the Life of a Faun, Brand's Heath, Dark MirrorsAmazon ↗
Book 2 · novella-collection · 1995
- 3 Collected StoriesAmazon ↗
Book 3 · short-story-collection · 1996
- 4 Two NovelsAmazon ↗
Book 4 · novel-collection · 1997
Outside the series
Bibliography by category
Novels (24)
- A People BetrayedAmazon ↗
novel · 1983
- Karl and RosaAmazon ↗
novel · 1983
- Love, Pain, and the Whole Damn ThingAmazon ↗
novel · 1989
- What Do You Want from Me?Amazon ↗
novel · 1989
- The Execution of JusticeAmazon ↗
novel · 1989
- Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a FamilyAmazon ↗
novel · 1993
- The Magic MountainAmazon ↗
novel · 1995
- Doctor FaustusAmazon ↗
novel · 1997
- Joseph and His BrothersAmazon ↗
novel · 2005
- The FaçadeAmazon ↗
novel · 1995
- HorackerAmazon ↗
novel · 1990
- The Terrors of Ice and DarknessAmazon ↗
novel · 1991
- The Last World: A Novel with an Ovidian RepertoryAmazon ↗
novel · 1990
- The Dog KingAmazon ↗
novel · 1997
- Evening Edged in GoldAmazon ↗
novel · 1980
- Scenes from the Life of a FaunAmazon ↗
novella · 1983
- The School for AtheistsAmazon ↗
novel · 2001
- Bottom's DreamAmazon ↗
novel · 2016
- Simple StoriesAmazon ↗
novel · 2000
- New LivesAmazon ↗
novel · 2008
- Adam and EvelynAmazon ↗
novel · 2010
- Perfume: The Story of a MurdererAmazon ↗
novel · 1986
- The PigeonAmazon ↗
novella · 1988
- Mr. Summer's StoryAmazon ↗
novella · 1991