Death in Venice (German: Der Tod in Venedig) is a novella written by the German author Thomas Mann published in 1912. The work presents a great writer who visits Venice and is liberated, uplifted, and then increasingly obsessed by the sight of a stunningly beautiful youth. Tadzio, the boy in the story, is the nickname for the Polish name Tadeusz and based on a boy Mann had seen during his visit to Venice in 1911.
Death in Venice
and seven other stories
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Thomas Mann: Death in Venice (1936, Vintage Books)
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404 pages
English language
Published Jan. 6, 1936 by Vintage Books.