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Death in Venice (Hardcover)

by Thomas Mann (Author), Michael Cunningham (Introduction), Michael Henry Heim (Translator)
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Book Description
The world-famous masterpiece by Nobel laureate Thomas Mann -- here in a new translation by Michael Henry Heim

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 Gustav 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.

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."

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.


Product Details
  • Hardcover: 160 pages
  • Publisher: Ecco (June 1, 2004)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0060576057
  • ISBN-13: 978-0060576059
  • Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 5.1 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #87,330 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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First Sentence:
Gustav Aschenbach or von Aschenbach, as he had officially been known since his fiftieth birthday, set out alone from his resident in Munich' Prinzregentenstrasse on a spring afternoon in 19..-a year that for months had shown so ominous a countenance to our continent-with the intention of taking an extended walk. Read the first page
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