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Death in Venice
Der Tod in Venedig
Thomas Mann
Modernism
1912
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Death in Venice
Original title: Der Tod in Venedig (Deutsch)
Thomas Mann
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The story
A disciplined writer lingers in a quarantined Venice and watches his own form dissolve in the presence of beauty.
About the author
Thomas Mann (1875–1955) wrote the decline of the European bourgeoisie with irony and an architect's syntax.
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