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| Weight | 0.412 kg |
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| Dimensions | 21.6 × 15.3 × 2.7 cm |
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| Cover | Paperback |
| Pages | lix, 298 |
| Language | English |
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| Dewey | 833.912 (edition:23) |
| Readership | General – Trade / Code: K |
Death in Venice and Other Stories
Thomas Mann£10.99
‘Death in Venice’ is the story of an ageing writer’s obsession with a young boy. The man is so distracted by the boy that he fails to pay attention to rumours of disease spreading through the city. The six other stories in this collection include ‘The Joker’, ‘Gladius Dei’, ‘Little Herr Friedemann’, and ‘The Road to the Churchyard’.
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The Vintage Classics Europeans series – with covers provided by textile design firm Wallace Sewell, these are must-have editions of European masterpieces, celebrating the warp and weft of a shared literary treasury
Aging writer Gustave von Aschenbach is disappointed by Venice. The skies are leaden, the air is thick and sultry, and a sickening stench emanates from the murky labyrinth of canals. It would hardly be sensible to stay, especially not when rumours of a ‘sickness’ spread through the city. And yet Aschenbach cannot leave: he has seen an entirely beautiful young boy and has fallen under an enchantment. He must stay near the boy, though never speaking to him, even until it is too late.
Also includes the stories ‘LITTLE HERR FRIEDEMANN’, ‘THE JOKER’, ‘THE ROAD TO THE CHURCHYARD’, ‘GLADIUS DEI’, ‘TRISTAN’ and ‘TONIO KRUGER’.
TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN BY DAVID LUKE
‘Mann was a master magician of German – and world – literature in the twentieth century’ Sunday Telegraph
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