Los Buddenbrook / Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family

Publicada en 1901, Los Buddenbrook narra la decadencia de una familia burguesa alemana a lo largo del siglo XIX. En un gran fresco que va desde 1835, cuando a n se recordaban las guerras napole nicas, hasta 1877, poco antes de la fundaci n del Imperio Alem n, Mann no solo captura un descenso social, sino tambi n las fuerzas hist ricas que trastocaron la existencia decimon nica y alumbraron las incertidumbres de los tiempos modernos. Basada en su propia novela familiar, la historia anuncia adem s temas esenciales de su obra posterior, como la compleja relaci n entre la vida y el arte, o el contraste entre la esfera p blica y la privada.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

Los Buddenbrook is a novel by Thomas Mann, published in 1901. It is a historical saga that chronicles the decline of a bourgeois family in Germany throughout the XIX century.

The story spans from 1835, a time when the Napoleonic Wars were still remembered, to 1877, shortly before the establishment of the German Empire. Mann's narrative not only captures the social descent of the family but also reflects the historical forces that disrupted 19th-century existence and heralded the uncertainties of modern times. The novel, based on Mann's own family history, introduces themes that would become central to his later works, such as the complex relationship between life and art, and the contrast between public and private spheres.