Book Musik 007 - "Doctor Faustus" by Thomas Mann

Tosh & Kimley tackle a work of fiction on this episode -
"Doctor Faustus" by Thomas Mann. A twentieth-century, German
composer (very loosely based on Arnold Schoenberg) makes a devilish
deal. We get into the esoteric weeds on this one and focus on the
themes of what it means to be an artist in society and why the work
of an artist is so mysterious and mythologized. A little
Nietzschean nihilism, some blood, sweat and tears and a backdrop of
warfare drive this conversation. This book is far too deep for us
to cover in full, but we have fun scratching a bit of the
surface.

Theme music: "Behind Our Efforts, Let There Be Found Our Efforts"
by LG17

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