num_pages: 104
description: Whilst visiting Venice in 1911 Thomas Mann's eye was drawn to a young sailor-suited boy of almost supernatural beauty, and was inspired to write Death in Venice. This is a biography of that boy, who went on to lead a life as rich and as full of twists as any piece of fiction.
language: English
title: The Real Tadzio : Thomas Mann's 'Death in Venice' and the Boy Who Inspired It
titlecomplete: The Real Tadzio : Thomas Mann's 'Death in Venice' and the Boy Who Inspired It
genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Gay
ratings_count: 63
publisher: Gardners Books