Tristan (novella)

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Tristan
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Author Thomas Mann
Original titleTristan
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman
PublisherReclam
Publication date
1903
OCLC 4764708

Tristan is a 1903 novella by German writer Thomas Mann set in a sanatorium. It contains many references to the myth of Tristan and Iseult. The novella alludes in particular to the version presented in Richard Wagner's opera of the same name.

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