Death in venice brims with mythical imagery, exploring the themes of beauty and decay, passion and pestilence. Death in venice and other tales by thomas mann goodreads. Thomas mann, death in venice and other tales this book is a warning to the reader and to artists, of the price paid for artistic success, and the hidden in the beauty of art, that is the. The work presents a great writer suffering writers block who visits venice and. First published in 1912, death in venice represents one of thomas manns most widely read and highly acclaimed texts. Contains english translations of twelve stories and novellas by german nobel laureate thomas mann, featuring the title work about the quest for.
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