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'A story of the voluptuousness of doom' Thomas Mann
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Death in Venice is a story of obsession. Gustave von Aschenbach is a successful but ageing writer who travels to Venice for a holiday. One day, at dinner, Aschenbach notices an exceptionally beautiful young boy who is staying with his family in the same hotel. Soon his days begin to revolve around seeing this boy and he is too distracted to pay attention to the ominous rumours that have begun to circulate about disease spreading through the city.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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Wonderful short stories by Mann. Though he did not consider himself to be a good short-story teller, here he proves how wrong he was. He gives his short stories the breath and width of epic stories. Of course, `Death in Venice' is special. So beautiful, so engaging, so tragic, so mysteriously absorbing and wistful. Its being short is part of its spell: it comes; it conquers; it leaves. More important: it remains. It becomes like a ghost that haunts the mind and heart for ever. Once you read this story, it stays with you. It is more of an experience than a good read. Moving through it, I couldn't but envy readers who can read it in the original.
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
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Death in Venice is an exquisite story; every word is carefully selected, every sentence is rich with meaning.
I studied this novella as part of a literature qualification, but it immediately became the best thing I have ever read; I can't recommend it enough. Thomas Mann's writing is poignant and absolutely stunning. If you have any preconceptions about the nature of the story, dismiss them, and read it anyway - it is definitely, as a previous review says, a masterpiece!
I studied this novella as part of a literature qualification, but it immediately became the best thing I have ever read; I can't recommend it enough. Thomas Mann's writing is poignant and absolutely stunning. If you have any preconceptions about the nature of the story, dismiss them, and read it anyway - it is definitely, as a previous review says, a masterpiece!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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Mann's classic 1912 novella, translated by David Luke, is accompanied by six of Mann's short stories. The novella deals with a man's struggle between leading a life of reason and leading a life ruled by emotions. Aschenbach is a successful but ageing writer who visits Venice where he meets a very attractive young boy staying at the same hotel. His passion for the boy conflicts with his desire to govern his life on a rational basis. It is one of Mann's most accomplished works.
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Read it in Venice
Gives an excellent sense of place! Very good writing. I always find short story collections get a bit formulaic if you read too many in a row though
Published 12 months ago by ANV
I am Der Bajazzo: I am Tonio Krueger
There. I admit it! I am the joker: I am Tonio Krueger. At times I am also Little Herr Friedemann, and Detlev Spinell and Gustav Aschenbach. Read more
Published on 5 Sep 2003 by Nicholas Casley
A novel but flawed approach
Studies of mortality in Italy are rarely written in such a literary style as this, and for this the author has to be commended. Read more
Published on 16 July 2003
For any paragon of self-discipline
Mann draws a painful distinction between artistic beauty and the sensual, erotic beauty which underpins the protagonist's downfall. Read more
Published on 2 Dec 2002 by Claire.Knight
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