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."

160 pages

Media	Bøker Pocketbok (Bok med mykt omslag og limt rygg)
Utgitt	31. mai 2005
ISBN13	9780060576172
Utgivere	HarperCollins
Antall sider	160
Mål	203 × 134 × 18 mm · 140 g
Språk	Engelsk
Medvirkende	Michael Cunningham
Medvirkende	Michael Henry Heim