by Thomas Mann · La Galera, SAU · tapa dura · ISBN 9788424687168
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Death in Venice is a short novel by German author Thomas Mann, published in 1912. The story follows Gustav von Aschenbach, a famous writer who travels to Venice in search of inspiration. There, he becomes obsessed with a young boy named Tadzio, and his obsession leads him to a personal and existential crisis. This edition is written in Catalan and is one of the author's most popular.
Paul Thomas Mann was a German novelist, short story writer, social critic, philanthropist, essayist, and the 1929 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate. His highly symbolic and ironic epic novels and novellas are noted for their insight into the psychology of the artist and the intellectual. His analysis and critique of the European and German soul used modern versions of German and Biblical stories, as well as the ideas of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Friedrich Nietzsche, and Arthur Schopenhauer.
