{"product_id":"death-in-venice-and-other-thomas-mann-9780553213331","title":"Death in Venice and Other Stories","description":"This superb translation of \u003cb\u003eDeath in Venice \u003c\/b\u003eand six other stories by Thomas Mann is a tour de force, deserving to be the definitive text for English-speaking readers. These seven stories represent Mann's early writing career and a level of literary quality Mann himself despaired of ever again matching. In these stories he began to grapple with themes that were to recur throughout his work. In\u003ci\u003e Little Herr Friedemann, \u003c\/i\u003e a character's carefully structured way of life is suddenly threatened by an unexpected sexual passion. In \u003ci\u003eGladius Dei, \u003c\/i\u003e puritanical intellect clashes with beauty. In \u003ci\u003eTristan, \u003c\/i\u003e Mann presents an ironic and comic account of the tension between an artist and bourgeois society. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAll seven of these stories are accomplished and memorable, but it is \u003cb\u003eDeath in Venice \u003c\/b\u003ethat truly forms the centerpiece of the collection. The themes that Mann weaves through the shorter pieces come to a climax in this stunning novella, one of the most hauntingly magnificent tales of art and self-destruction ever written.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas Mann\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0553213334\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780553213331\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bantam Classics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/1988\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.91h x 4.16w x 0.90d","brand":"Thomas Mann","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43920187064575,"sku":"9780553213331","price":6.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_e1e699aa-3069-4736-bb65-21751dd2f48e.jpg?v=1680814017","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/death-in-venice-and-other-thomas-mann-9780553213331","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}