Death in Venice

Thomas Mann was one of those rare writers who equally succeeded in both large and small forms of literature. While in his novels the content weighed heavily on the form, in his short stories, form and content were in perfect harmony. The «small» works included in this collection belong to different periods of Mann's creativity. Among them is the novella «Death in Venice» — a kind of «business card» of Mann the storyteller. Most often, their plots are simple — love and disappointment, the expectation of a miracle and the boredom of everyday life, the thirst for life and the loss of illusions, bringing with them the pain and wisdom of life experience. However, it is precisely the simplicity of the plot that emphasizes both the magnificence of the author's language and the subtlety of style, as well as psychological depth.