Death in Venice And Other Stories
Death in Venice And Other Stories
paperback | English
Published:
5 April, 2001
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Description
With astonishment Aschenbach noticed that the boy was entirely beautiful.
Ageing writer Gustav von Aschenbach is on holiday in Venice when he first notices a fellow guest in the foyer of his hotel: an exceptionally beautiful boy who is staying there with his family. Admiration gives way to obsession as his days begin to revolve around seeing the boy. Meanwhile, ominous signs point to a disease spreading through the magnificent, but decaying, city and, blinded by his fixation, Aschenbach fails to notice.
Death in Venice is the finale of this seven-story collection, marked by masterful storytelling and profound, often haunting, insight.
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More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780099428657 |
| ISBN10 | 3834921963 |
| Number Of Pages | 336 |
| Item Weight | 88 g |
| Product Dimensions | 130 x 197 x 22 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Vintage Publishing |
| Format | paperback |
Media Reviews
The real theme is fading creativity and the search for inspiration... A deep and highly complex drama of the psyche * Financial Times *
This complex fin-de-siecle masterpiece...seems eerily to pre-echo the destructive decadence that would shortly shatter European civilisation itself * The Times *
Death in Venice is one of the undisputed classics of contemporary European literature * Independent *
Thomas Mann's story of obsession and spiritual malaise * Observer *
The real theme is fading creativity and the search for inspiration...A deep and highly complex drama of the psyche * Financial Times *
This complex fin-de-siecle masterpiece...seems eerily to pre-echo the destructive decadence that would shortly shatter European civilisation itself * The Times *
Thomas Mann's story of obsession and spiritual malaise * Observer *
What Mann understands and laughs at, though it grips him, is the quasi-sexual attraction of beauty and philosophy...Death in Venice is one of the undisputed classics of contemporary European literature * Independent *
Mann's obsessive story explores the complex, haunted relationship between an ageing writer and a beautiful Polish boy * Express *
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Author's Bio
Thomas Mann (1875-1955) is widely regarded as the greatest German novelist of the twentieth century. His first novel, Buddenbrooks, was a huge success and led to a Nobel Prize in Literature. However, when the Nazis came to power, his works were blacklisted and burned and Mann was stripped of his citizenship. He spent the latter part of his life in exile in the United States and Switzerland. His other major novels include The Magic Mountain, Doctor Faustus and Joseph and His Brothers.