Death in Venice

Thomas Mann was one of those rare writers who equally succeeded in both large and small forms. Moreover, if in his novels the content gravitated over the form, then in the stories the form and content were in perfect harmony.

“small” works that entered this collection belong to different periods of Mann's work. Among them, the story “Death in Venice” is a kind of “business card” by Mann-storyteller. Most often, the plots of them are not unconvented - love and disappointment, the expectation of a miracle and boredom of everyday life, a thirst for life and the loss of illusions, bringing with itself the pain and wisdom of life experience. However, it is the simplicity of the plot that emphasizes the splendor of the author’s language, the subtlety of style, and psychological depth.