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See moreA new translation of the Nobel laureate's famous classic follows the story of successful aging writer Gustave von Aschenbach, whose search for spiritual fulfillment in Venice leads to erotic ruin when he becomes obsessed with an alluring Polish youth, Tadzio. Reader's Guide available. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.
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Published on the eve of World War I, a decade after Buddenbrooks had established Thomas Mann as a literary celebrity, Death in Venice tells the story of Gustave von Aschenbach, a successful but aging writer who follows his wanderlust to Venice in search of spiritual fulfilment that instead leads to his erotic doom.
In the decaying city, besieged by an unnamed epidemic, he becomes obsessed with an exquisite Polish boy, Tadzio. โIt is a story of the voluptuousness of doom,โ Mann wrote. โBut the problem I had especially in mind was that of the artistโs dignity.โ
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780060576172
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 31 May 2005
Country: United States
Imprint: HarperCollins Ecco
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 10.0mm
Width: 146.0mm
Height: 202.0mm
Weight: 484g
Pages: 160
About the Author
German essayist, cultural critic, and novelist, Thomas Mann was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1929. Among his most famous works are Buddenbrooks, published when he was just twenty-six, The Magic Mountain, and Doctor Faustus.
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