β Scribed by Thomas Mann
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
In addition to Death in Venice , this volume includes "Mario and the Magician," "Disorder and Early Sorrow," "A Man and His Dog," "Felix Krull," "The Blood of the Walsungs," "Tristan," and "Tonio KrΓΆger."
These stories, as direct as Thomas Mann's novels are complex, are perfect illustrations of their author's belief that "a story must tell itself." Varying in theme, in style, in tone, each is in its own way characteristic of Mann's prodigious talents. From the high art of the famous title novella ("A story," Mann said, "of death...of the voluptuousness of doom"), to the irony of "Felix Krull," the early story on which he later based his comic novel The Confessions of Felix Krull , they are stunning testimony to the mastery and virtuosity of a literary giant.
Translated from the German by H.T. Lowe-Porter.
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Eight complex stories illustrative of the author's belief that "a story must tell itself," highlighted by the high art style of the famous title novella. _From the Trade Paperback edition._
One of the most famous literary works of the 20th century, the novella "Death in Venice" embodies themes that preoccupied Thomas Mann (1875β1955) in much of his work; the duality of art and life, the presence of death and disintegration in the midst of existence, the connection between love and suff
Eight complex stories illustrative of the author's belief that "a story must tell itself," highlighted by the high art style of the famous title novella. *From the Trade Paperback edition.*
EDITORIAL REVIEW: A new, "brilliant ...perfectly nuanced translation" of Thomas Mann's most famous and poignant collection of novellas and stories (\*The Boston Globe\*). Featuring his world-famous masterpiece, "Death in Venice," this new collection of Nobel laureate Thomas Mann's stories and n