托马斯·曼(1875—1955)把列夫·托尔斯泰视作自己的伟大楷模,他象这位俄国作家一样善于观察:比如,对登门造访的客人,托马斯·曼有时手持一具观剧用的望远镜,透过窗子,仔细地观察来客,捉摸他们的独特之处,便于以后能把所观察到的人物特征写进他的小说中去。托马斯·曼在动手写他的长篇家族小说《布登勃洛克一家》之前,便早已为之集录了不少人物的讲 Thomas Mann (1875-1955) saw Lev Tolstoy as his great role model, as observant as the Russian writer: For example, Thomas Mann sometimes carries a dramatic play Used telescopes, through the window, carefully observe the visitors, to explore their unique features, so that later can be observed in the characteristics of the characters into his novels. Thomas Mann had a long history of recording many characters before he began to write his long novel “Budenbrock”