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Death In Venice

By Thomas Mann
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Death in Venice follows Gustave von Aschenbach, an esteemed but ageing writer, who travels to Venice seeking spiritual renewal. Amidst the city's decay and an unnamed epidemic, he becomes infatuated with a beautiful Polish boy named Tadzio, leading him towards a path of erotic obsession and inevitable doom.
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Format: Paperback / softback
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A 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. “It is a story of the voluptuousness of doom,” Mann wrote. “But the problem I had especially in mind was that of the artist’s dignity.”

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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

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Classic Fiction Education & Reference General Fiction Literary Fiction Non-Fiction Thomas Mann

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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