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Ten of the best depictions of the Alps
For the Guardian, John Mullan named ten of the best depictions of the Alps in literature.One novel on the list:The Magic Mountain by Thomas MannHans Castorp, scion of a Hamburg merchant family, arrives in Davos in the Swiss Alps to visit his cousin Joachim, who is a patient in a sanatorium. The cold, clear air dizzies and delights him, but he becomes ill himself and, convinced that he has TB,





