# Death in Venice And Other Stories

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- Book: [Death in Venice And Other Stories](https://www.bookquiver.com/thomas-mann/death-in-venice-and-other-stories) ([Death in Venice And Other Stories.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/thomas-mann/death-in-venice-and-other-stories.md))
- Authors: [Thomas Mann](https://www.bookquiver.com/thomas-mann)
- Publisher: vintage_classics
- ISBN: 978-00-9942-865-7
- Pages: 336
- Published: 2025-04-17
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

With astonishment Aschenbach noticed that the boy was entirely beautiful. Ageing writer Gustav von Aschenbach is on holiday in Venice when he first notices a fellow guest in the foyer of his hotel: an exceptionally beautiful boy who is staying there with his family. Admiration gives way to obsession as his days begin to revolve around seeing the boy. Meanwhile, ominous signs point to a disease spreading through the magnificent, but decaying, city and, blinded by his fixation, Aschenbach fails to notice. Death in Venice is the finale of this seven-story collection, marked by masterful storytelling and profound, often haunting, insight.