"Joseph and His Brothers 1: The Story of Jacob [Part 1]" Thomas Mann / Yoshitaka Takahashi / Yasumasa Oguro List Price: ¥2,420 & "Joseph and His Brothers 2: The Story of Jacob [Part 2]" Thomas Mann / Yoshitaka Yoshitaka / Yasumasa Oguro List Price: ¥2,420 Set of 2 books! List Price: ¥4,840 → ¥4,299 Unopened, still in shrink wrap. Thank you for your interest. One of the most famous writers in German-language literary history, Nobel Prize winner Thomas Mann, spent sixteen years writing this epic novel, which took ten years from the publication of the first part to the fourth part. A grand, four-part story about God and humanity, spun from the short tale of Joseph, son of the patriarch Jacob, depicted in the Old Testament's Book of Genesis. Scheduled for 8 volumes in total. Volume 1 contains Thomas Mann's fantastical essay on human history, "Prologue: Descent into Hell," and "Part 1: The Story of Jacob (First Half)," the story of Joseph's father, Jacob, and the genealogy of the clan leading up to Jacob. Volume 2 contains "Part 1: The Story of Jacob (Second Half)," in which Joseph's father, Jacob, meets Joseph's mother, Rachel, during his escape, and after Jacob's birth, leads his clan on the journey back. Both are reissued from "Thomas Mann Complete Works IV," published by Shinchosha in 1972. #ThomasMann #YoshitakaTakahashi #Yoshitaka_Takahashi #YasumasaOguro #Yasumasa_Oguro #Book #ForeignLiterature/Novels_and_Stories