Joachim Ziemssen is the cousin of the main character, who visits for three weeks and discovers that he has tuberculosis, before going skiing against doctor's orders.
In this novel, a duel takes place in which Settembrini refuses to fire at a Jesuit who was converted from Judaism, thus leading the character Naphta to shoot himself. The Dutch planter Mynheer Peeperkorn comes to the title location after working in Java, and he loves Clavdia Cauchat. Joachim Ziemssen is the cousin of the main character, who visits for three weeks and discovers that he has tuberculosis, before going skiing against doctor's orders. For 10 points, name this Thomas Mann novel about Hans Castorp's stay in a Swiss sanatorium.
In this novel, a duel takes place in which Settembrini refuses to fire at a Jesuit who was converted from Judaism, thus leading the character Naphta to shoot himself.
The {Magic Mountain} [or {Der Zauberberg}]