"Joseph and His Brothers 1: The Story of Jacob [Part 1]" Thomas Mann / Yoshitaka Takahashi / Yasumasa Oguro Price: ¥2,420 & "Joseph and His Brothers 2: The Story of Jacob [Part 2]" Thomas Mann / Yoshitaka Takahashi / Yasumasa Oguro Price: ¥2,420 Set of 2 books! Price: ¥4,840 → ¥4,299 Unopened, still in shrink wrap. Thank you. Thomas Mann, one of the most famous writers in German-speaking literature and a Nobel laureate, spent sixteen years writing this epic novel, which took ten years from the publication of the first part to the fourth. This is a grand, four-part story about God and humanity, spun from the short story of Joseph, the son of Jacob, the patriarch of Israel, depicted in the Old Testament's Genesis. Planned to be a total of 8 volumes. Volume 1 includes Thomas Mann's fantastical essay on the history of mankind, "Prologue: Journey to Hell," and "Part 1: The Story of Jacob (Part 1)," which tells the story of Jacob, the father of the protagonist Joseph, and the lineage of the family leading up to Jacob. Volume 2 includes "Part 1: The Story of Jacob (Part 2)," in which Jacob, the father of the protagonist Joseph, meets Joseph's mother Rachel during his journey of escape, and after Jacob's birth, leads the family on a journey back home. Both are reprinted from Shinchosha's "Complete Works of Thomas Mann IV" published in 1972. #ThomasMann #YoshitakaTakahashi #Yoshitaka_Takahashi #YasumasaOguro #Yasumasa_Oguro #Books #ForeignLiterature/Novels/Stories"