Death in Venice

Death in Venice

By Thomas Mann

Pages

72

Rating

3.86

Year

1928

FictionClassics20Th CenturyLiteratureShort StoriesGermany

Description

The Nobel Prize-winning author's masterful novella of eros and obsession, presented alongside other short works of lyrical beauty and psychological depth.

In Thomas Mann's immortal novella A Death in Venice, renowned author Gustave Aschenbach faces both middle age and a severe case of writer's block. He resolves to go on holiday in search of inspiration, only to find himself awestruck by the classical beauty of a fourteen-year-old boy. Submitting to his obsession with the youth, Gustave slowly loses himself, his dignity, and finally his life.

This volume includes six short works by Mann, including "Little Herr Friedmann," "Gladius Dei," Tristan," and "Tonio Kroger," among others.

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