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Death in Venice

Der Tod in Venedig

by Thomas Mann

A disciplined writer travels to Venice and slowly surrenders to desire, heat, and disease.

Published
1912
Setting
Italy
Shelf rating
4.4

The story, briefly

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An aging writer seeking rest in Venice becomes obsessed with a beautiful boy as the city grows hotter, stranger, and increasingly diseased.

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  1. Travel becomes a slow surrender

    A beautiful destination becomes inseparable from illness, desire, fear, and death.

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ISBN-13
9780679722069

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  1. 1Death in Venice — Open Library ISBN catalogue

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  2. 2Death in Venice — Google Books edition record

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  1. 3Death in Venice — Internet Archive ISBN catalogue

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    Internet Archive ISBN catalogue used to cross-check the edition and its availability in library holdings.

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  2. 4Death in Venice — Library of Congress books catalogue

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    Library of Congress books catalogue used to cross-check the bibliographic record by ISBN.

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