Mann, Thomas
Death in Venice and Other Stories
- ISBN 13:
- 9780099428657
- author:
- Mann, Thomas
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Vintage Classics
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2001
- Pages:
- 266
- Dimensions:
- 12.95 x 2.03 x 19.81 centimetres
- Genre:
- Modern fiction
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Death in Venice and Other Stories by Thomas Mann is a masterful collection of seven interconnected tales that explore the human psyche with profound insight.
The stories are woven together by the obsessive fascination of an ageing writer, Gustav von Aschenbach, who finds himself drawn to a young boy's beauty. As his days become consumed by this fixation, he begins to lose sight of the world around him, and ominous signs of decay and disease start to emerge.
This poignant and haunting collection is marked by masterful storytelling and explores themes that are both deeply unsettling and profoundly human.
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