by Thomas Mann · Createspace Independent Publishing Platform · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781987741797
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«Der Tod in Venedig» is the short novel by Thomas Mann, published by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform in paperback (58 pages, in German).
The work follows Gustav von Aschenbach, an established writer who, during a stay in Venice, becomes fascinated by the beauty of a young Pole named Tadzio. The narrative reflects on desire, artistic creation and decay, while a cholera epidemic spreads through the city. In English it is known as «Death in Venice».
The novel, a classic of German literature, was originally published in 1911.
For readers of German literary classics who wish to read the original text in German.
Paul Thomas Mann was a German novelist, short story writer, social critic, philanthropist, essayist, and the 1929 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate. His highly symbolic and ironic epic novels and novellas are noted for their insight into the psychology of the artist and the intellectual. His analysis and critique of the European and German soul used modern versions of German and Biblical stories, as well as the ideas of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Friedrich Nietzsche, and Arthur Schopenhauer.
