{"product_id":"death-in-venice-by-thomas-mann-9780060576172","title":"Death In Venice","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished on the eve of World War I, a decade after \u003cem\u003eBuddenbrooks\u003c\/em\u003e had established Thomas Mann as a literary celebrity, \u003cem\u003eDeath in Venice\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn 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.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47647912263916,"sku":"9780060576172","price":52.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780060576172-death-in-venice.jpg?v=1779244091","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/death-in-venice-by-thomas-mann-9780060576172","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}