by Thomas Mann · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788496414983
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«La mort a Venècia» is the short novel by Thomas Mann, published by Editorial Proa in paperback (124 pages, in Catalan).
A celebrated writer, Gustav von Aschenbach, travels to Venice seeking rest and inspiration. There he becomes fascinated by Tadzio, a Polish adolescent whose beauty awakens in him a deep attraction. The novel reflects on art, beauty, desire, decadence and old age.
Translation by Joan Fontcuberta i Gel; the original work appeared in 1912 and this edition was published in 2005.
For readers of European classics, particularly those interested in psychological drama and the Venetian setting.
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.
