{"product_id":"death-in-venice-1","title":"Death in Venice","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Thomas Mann\u003cbr\u003eTranslated by Lesley Chamberlain\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA sumptuous new translation of the sublime novella of desire, obsession, and one man’s downfall; another classic from the author of \u003cem\u003eTHE MAGIC MOUNTAIN\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Probably the greatest of modern German novelists.” ―The New York Times\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne of the pre-eminent works of modern European literature, this enthralling story of desire, beauty and infatuation follows the erudite, respectable writer Gustav Aschenbach’s descent into obsession.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAschenbach  has always lived a life of structured routine, but he has begun to be troubled by diminishing creative inspiration from his strict writing schedule. While walking in a cemetery north of Munich, he has a dizzying vision which prompts him to abandon his settled life and travel south to Venice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn checking into his hotel, Aschenbach notices a young Polish boy of perfect, sculptural beauty: Tadzio. As he lingers on at the hotel, Aschenbach falls into an ever-deeper infatuation with the youth, whose curled blond hair and porcelain face fill him with rapture, and even seem to cure his stubborn writer’s block. Ignoring whispered warnings of a cholera outbreak in Venice, Aschenbach stays at the hotel and follows Tadzio with increasing obsession, his mind swirling with mad desire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eClassical in structure yet roiled by disturbing passion, \u003cem\u003eDeath in Venice\u003c\/em\u003e is an enormously powerful story of one man’s undoing. Full of coiled tension and vivid inner conflict, it is one of Thomas Mann’s greatest masterpieces, and appears here in a lively new translation by Lesley Chamberlain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback\u003cbr\u003e112 pages\u003cbr\u003ePushkin Press Classics, 2026\u003cbr\u003e5.09 x 0.36 x 7.77 inches\u003cbr\u003eISBN 9781805332688\u003cbr\u003eLiterary Classics, Fiction\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"vendor-unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55505867145384,"sku":"9781805332688","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0175\/8594\/files\/Thomas-Mann_Death-in-Venice_Pushkin-Classics.jpg?v=1778170448","url":"https:\/\/neue-galerie-design-shop.myshopify.com\/products\/death-in-venice-1","provider":"Neue Galerie Design Shop \u0026 Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}