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A stunningly beautiful youth and the city of Venice set the stage for Thomas Mann’s introspective examination of erotic love and philosophical wisdom.

Thomas Mann’s classic tale of obsession and beauty is one of literature’s most famous works.

Published on the eve of World War I, a decade after Buddenbrooks had established Thomas Mann as a literary celebrity, Death in Venice tells the story of Gustav von Aschenbach, a successful but aging writer who follows his wanderlust to Venice in search of spiritual fulfillment that instead leads to his erotic doom.

1924. Lady Eleanor Swift has been on a grand tour around Italy for a month with her butler Clifford. Finally arriving in Venice, she’s thrilled to be attending the famous carnival: all that’s needed is the perfect bejewelled costume for her faithful bulldog, Gladstone. But on her first gondola ride to take in the sights, a passenger collapses into the canal with a knife sticking out of his back.

Thomas Mann, author of Death in Venice (German: Der Tod in Venedig) was a winner of the Nobel Prize for literature. The main character in this novella is Gustav von Aschenbach, a famous author in his early 50s who was widowed at an early age. In poor health, he visits Venice and becomes increasingly obsessed by the sight of a stunningly beautiful lad of 14. This book has been acclaimed a masterpiece and in 1971 was adapted as a film starring Dirk Bogarde.View our full collection of podcasts at our website: https://www.solgoodmedia.com or YouTube channel: https://www.solgood.org/subscribe Check...

In Thomas Mann's novella Death in Venice, a distinguished writer's holiday from the burdens of his work turns out very differently from what he expected. By means of the story, Mann explores the relationships between disciplined intellect and ungoverned passion, and between decaying age and youthful beauty, against a background that resonates today in a time of pandemics. It was first published in German (as Der Tod in Venedig) in 1912.

The world-famous masterpiece by Nobel laureate Thomas Mann—here in a new translation by Michael Henry Heim Published on the eve of World War I, a decade after Buddenbrooks had established Thomas Mann as a literary celebrity, Death in Venice tells the story of Gustave von Aschenbach, a...

The Thomas Mann Collection includes unabridged recordings of Thomas Mann's 3 greatest works of fiction in one audiobook.

In this powerful new audiobook, Thomas Mann's Death in Venice is brought to life by James Warwick, star of the Agatha Christie series Tommy and Tuppence on Masterpiece Theatre.

Toda la belleza y exquisitez de una literatura de filigrana, ganadora del Nóbel en 1929. En sus páginas, el lector asistirá a la historia de una admiración prohibida: La del destacado escritor alemán Gustav Von Aschenbach y un hombre polaco dotado de una belleza extraordinaria: Tadzio.

В горах на границе Италии и Австрии срывается в пропасть румынский трейлер, среди обломков которого обнаруживаются трупы неизвестных женщин. На венецианском вокзале Санта-Лючия в купе междугородного поезда найден мертвым известный адвокат по международному праву. Какая может быть связь между этими двумя трагедиями? Комиссар Брунетти находит разгадку в грязном баре – центре преступной сети, простирающейся далеко за пределы Италии.

"Jeg bærer med meg bildet av noe rikt, merkelig og enest��ende" er ordene Goethe avslutter og oppsummerer sitt opphold i Venezia med. Kommer du med fly og ser Venezia fra lufta, virker det nærmest naturstridig med byen som tilsynelatende ligger midt ute i havet, men byen er mer enn en by, den er blitt et begrep, en myte, et symbol, et ord som favner skjønnhet og undergang, vitalitet og dekadanse.