Death in Venice -- Thomas Mann

<p>The world-famous masterpiece by Nobel laureate Thomas Mann--here in a new translation by Michael Henry Heim</p> <p>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 fulfillment that instead leads to his erotic doom.</p><p> In the decaying city, besieged by an unnamed epidemic, he becomes obsessed with an exquisite Polish boy, Tadzio. &#8220It is a story of the voluptuousness of doom,&#8221 Mann wrote. &#8220But the problem I had especially in mind was that of the artist's dignity.&#8221</p></p><br><br><b>Author:</b> Thomas Mann<br><b>Publisher:</b> Ecco Press<br><b>Published:</b> 05/31/2005<br><b>Pages:</b> 160<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.31lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 7.96h x 5.30w x 0.39d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780060576172