Death in Venice
Contributors: Michael Cunningham (Introduction); Michael Henry Heim (Translator)
Publisher: Ecco
Published: June 1, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9780060576059
Subjects: Literature: Classics; Literary; German Novel And Short Story; Fiction; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Fiction / General; Reading Group Guide; Classics
First sentence: Gustav Aschenbach or von Aschenbach, as he had officially been known since his fiftieth birthday, set out alone from his resident in Munich' Prinzregentenstrasse on a spring afternoon in 19..-a year that for months had shown so ominous a countenance to our continent-with the intention of taking an extended walk.