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Death in Venice

By Thomas Mann
Death in Venice by Thomas Mann digital book - Fable

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The Nobel Prize–winning author’s masterful novella of eros and obsession, presented alongside other short works of lyrical beauty and psychological depth.

In Thomas Mann’s immortal novella A Death in Venice, renowned author Gustave Aschenbach faces both middle age and a severe case of writer’s block. He resolves to go on holiday in search of inspiration, only to find himself awestruck by the classical beauty of a fourteen-year-old boy. Submitting to his obsession with the youth, Gustave slowly loses himself, his dignity, and finally his life.

This volume includes six short works by Mann, including “Little Herr Friedmann,” “Gladius Dei,” Tristan,” and “Tonio Kroger,” among others.

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3.5
“I seem to have had a consistent run of bad luck when I turn my hand to reading what has deemed as classic literature! Unfortunately this fairly short novel is no exception! Although it has an illustrative descriptive prose as you can easily visualise yourself in the heat of Venice seeking the shade of a cafe…the story was meandering and a little dull. Which lead nowhere but to an abrupt end that was so sudden and silly it made me chuckle. Hopefully the next classic I take up will be worthy of the title…”

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