Death in Venice
By: Thomas Mann ; translation and commentary by Stanley Appelbaum.
Series: Dover thrift editions
Publisher: Dover Publications
Published: 1995
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 74
Subjects: Middle age -- Fiction.; Homosexuality -- Fiction.; Venice (Italy) -- Fiction.
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. This edition provides an excellent new translation and extensive commentary on many facets of the story.