by Thomas Mann · Plaza & Janés Editores, S.A. · tapa dura · ISBN 9788401242892
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«Muerte en Venecia» is the novel by Thomas Mann, published by Plaza & Janés Editores in hardcover (184 pages, in Spanish).
In Muerte en Venecia, an established artist, exhausted and in need of rest, travels to Venice and becomes fascinated by the beauty of an adolescent, in a city of twilight and decadent atmosphere. The volume also includes Mario y el mago, a story set in Italy that explores the relationship between the artist and the public.
Spanish-language volume bringing together Muerte en Venecia and Mario y el mago, with translations by Juan del Solar and Nicanor Ancochea. Published in 1999.
For readers interested in classic European fiction and in the work of Thomas Mann.
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.
