Interchange Passages Placement Evaluation Package (2 audio CDs, 1 Paperback) (+ Audio CD)

When he finished, Thomas Buddenbrooks was a man transformed, a man who had found the comfort and peace that had eluded him. What was it that the dying man discovered?(At this point Philip suddenly adopted an oracular voice.) Now listen well, Julius Hertzfeld, because this may be useful for life`s final examination.... Shocked at being directly addressed in a public lecture, Julius bolted upright in his seat. He glanced nervously about him and saw, to his astonishment, that the auditorium was empty: everyone, even the two homeless men, had left. But Philip, unperturbed by his vanished audience, calmly continued: I`ll read a passage fromBuddenbrooks. (He opened a tattered paperback copy of the book.) б«Your assignment is to read the novel, especially part nine, with great care. It will prove invaluable to youБЂ”far more valuable than attempting to extract meaning from patients` reminiscences of long ago. Have I hoped to live on in my son? In a personality yet more feeble, flickering, and timorous than my own? Blind, childish folly! What can my son do for me? Where shall I be when I am dead? Ah, it is so brilliantly clear ...»