Death in Venice And Other Stories

Thomas Mann author David Luke translator David Luke editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Vintage Publishing

Published:5th Apr '01

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Death in Venice And Other Stories cover

'A story of the voluptuousness of doom' Thomas Mann

One day, at dinner, Aschenbach notices an exceptionally beautiful young boy who is staying with his family in the same hotel. Soon his days begin to revolve around seeing this boy and he is too distracted to pay attention to the ominous rumours that have begun to circulate about disease spreading through the city.

TRANSLATED AND INTRODUCED BY DAVID LUKE

Death in Venice
is a story of obsession. Gustave von Aschenbach is a successful but ageing writer who travels to Venice for a holiday. One day, at dinner, Aschenbach notices an exceptionally beautiful young boy who is staying with his family in the same hotel. Soon his days begin to revolve around seeing this boy and he is too distracted to pay attention to the ominous rumours that have begun to circulate about disease spreading through the city.

The real theme is fading creativity and the search for inspiration... A deep and highly complex drama of the psyche * Financial Times *
This complex fin-de-siecle masterpiece...seems eerily to pre-echo the destructive decadence that would shortly shatter European civilisation itself * The Times *
Death in Venice is one of the undisputed classics of contemporary European literature * Independent *
Thomas Mann's story of obsession and spiritual malaise * Observer *
The real theme is fading creativity and the search for inspiration...A deep and highly complex drama of the psyche * Financial Times *

ISBN: 9780099428657

Dimensions: 196mm x 128mm x 26mm

Weight: 240g

336 pages