Klaus was the eldest son of Thomas Mann, who now seems (to me anyway) more and more certainly one of the two or three greatest novelists of the 20th century.

克劳斯是托马斯·曼的长子。现在似乎(至少在我看来)越来越可以肯定，在20世纪最伟大的前两、三位小说家中，托马斯·曼必居其一。

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Thomas Mann in his novel Doktor Faustus tells the story of a composer based mainly on Arnold Schoenberg, whom resentment drives to make a pact with the Devil.

托玛斯曼在他的小说《浮士德博士》里以勋伯格为原型塑造了一个出于愤恨与魔鬼作交易的作曲家。

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The film is based on a short story by Thomas Mann.

这部电影是以托马斯·曼的小说为基础改编的。

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