num_pages: 256
description: Celebrated novella of a middle-aged German writer's tormented passion for a Polish youth met on holiday in Venice, and its tragic consequences. Powerful evocation of the mysterious forces of death and disintegration in the midst of existence, and the isolation of the artist in 20th-century life. New translation and extensive commentary.
language: English
title: Death in Venice
titlecomplete: Death in Venice
characters: Gustave von Aschenbach, Tadzio, Jashu
genres: Fiction, Italy, Short Stories, LGBT, German Literature, Literature, Classics, Novels, Germany, 20th Century
ratings_count: 53252
places: Venice, Italy
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize
category: Michael Henry Heim, awardedAt: 1420099200000
name: Premios Fervenzas Literarias
category: Traducción 
publisher: W. W. Norton & Company