Death in Venice

Resumen del libro

The Vintage Classics Europeans series - with covers provided by textile design firm Wallace Sewell, these are must-have editions of European masterpieces, celebrating the warp and weft of a shared literary treasuryAging writer Gustave von Aschenbach is disappointed by Venice. The skies are leaden, the air is thick and sultry, and a sickening stench emanates from the murky labyrinth of canals. It would hardly be sensible to stay, especially not when rumours of a sickness' spread through the city.

And yet Aschenbach cannot leave: he has seen an entirely beautiful young boy and has fallen under an enchantment. He must stay near the boy, though never speaking to him, even until it is too late. Also includes the stories 'LITTLE HERR FRIEDEMANN', 'THE JOKER', 'THE ROAD TO THE CHURCHYARD', 'GLADIUS DEI', 'TRISTAN' and 'TONIO KRUGER'.

Biografía del autor

x{0026}lt;P x{0026}lt;B Thomas Mannx{0026}lt;/B (1875-1955), genial ensayista y narrador, publicó su primera novela, x{0026}lt;I Los Buddenbrookx{0026}lt;/I , con solo veinticinco años. Con ella obtuvo un reconocimiento inmediato que se vio refrendado con la publicación de obras maestras como x{0026}lt;I La muerte en Veneciax{0026}lt;/I (1912), x{0026}lt;I La montaña mágicax{0026}lt;/I (1924), el ciclo x{0026}lt;I José y sus hermanosx{0026}lt;/I (1933-1943) o x{0026}lt;I Doctor Faustusx{0026}lt;/I (1947). En 1929 la Academia Sueca le concedió el Premio Nobel de Literatura.x{0026}lt;/P