Death in Venice
Extrait
"Gustav Aschenbach—or von Aschenbach, as his name had officially been styled since his fiftieth birthday— had set out alone from his apartment in the Prinzregentenstrasse in Munich, on a spring afterno..."
A propos de ce livre
Venice, summer 1911. Gustav von Aschenbach, an aging writer at the height of his fame, arrives in the Serenissima seeking rest. But a chance encounter with Tadzio, a Polish adolescent of disturbing beauty, shatters the equilibrium of a lifetime devoted to discipline and self-control. As the Asiatic plague creeps through the streets of the lagoon city, Aschenbach surrenders to an unspoken passion, both contemplative and consuming. In this twilight novella of remarkable density, Thomas Mann reveals the depths of forbidden desire and the artist's fascination with that which destroys him. Cette édition bilingue propose le texte original en regard de sa traduction.