{"product_id":"death-in-venice","title":"Death in Venice","description":"\u003cb\u003eA sumptuous new translation of the sublime novella of desire, obsession, and one man's downfall; another classic from the author of \u003ci\u003eTHE MAGIC MOUNTAIN\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Probably the greatest of modern German novelists.\" ― The \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eClassical in structure yet roiled by disturbing passion, \u003ci\u003eDeath in Venice\u003c\/i\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.","brand":"Thomas Mann (Author), Lesley Chamberlain (Translator)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53727667126636,"sku":"9781805332688","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0912\/7985\/1884\/files\/9781805332688-us.jpg?v=1778250521","url":"https:\/\/commercestreetbooks.com\/products\/death-in-venice","provider":"Commerce Street Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}