Thomas Mann and His Family by Marcel Reich-Ranicki
This is a biographical and social history book which illuminates the cultural, historical and political history of Germany in the first half of the 20th Century, concentrating on Mann and his family. The author is the winner of the Thomas Mann prize awarded by the Hanseatic City of Lubeck and the translater, Ralph Manheim, is the winner of the Pen Club Translation Award for 1988.