Kuolema Venetsiassa by Thomas Mann
"Kuolema Venetsiassa" by Thomas Mann is a novella published in 1912. Gustav von Aschenbach, a disciplined and celebrated writer in his fifties, travels to Venice seeking respite. There, he becomes increasingly obsessed with Tadzio, a beautiful Polish boy staying at his hotel. As Aschenbach's fixation deepens, he ignores mounting signs of danger in the city, surrendering his dignified restraint to pursue forbidden desire. Mann crafts a haunting tale of artistic passion, aging,
and moral decay. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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About this eBook
| Author | Mann, Thomas, 1875-1955 |
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| Translator | Kivimäki, Toini, 1894-1980 |
| Uniform Title | Der Tod in Venedig, Finnish |
| Title | Kuolema Venetsiassa |
| Original Publication | Hämeenlinna: Arvi A. Karisto Oy, 1928. |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_in_Venice Wikipedia page about this book: fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuolema_Venetsiassa_(novelli) |
| Credits | Juhani Kärkkäinen and Tapio Riikonen |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 27.3 (College graduate level). Very difficult to read. |
| Language | Finnish |
| LoC Class | PT: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures |
| Subject | Venice (Italy) -- Fiction |
| Subject | Psychological fiction |
| Subject | Parables |
| Subject | Homosexuality -- Fiction |
| Subject | Middle age -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 74366 |
| Release Date | Sep 3, 2024 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 307 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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