About the book: year / A subtle, intelligent, full of deep feeling work about the soul of the creator and the essence of creativity. The demonism of “Doctor Faustus” (talent vs love) is softened here, although it is still present; more attention is paid to the tragic gap between life in the cold ether of the spirit and earthly burgher joys, between creative sublimation, even of the most sublime nature, and a full-blooded life. The main character, Tonio Kröger, both in his youth and in his mature years, loves a woman and a man who embodied the flesh and joy of the earth, far from all knowledge and spirituality, but can neither enter their world, nor achieve their sympathy, nor forget them, nor give up your cold gift.