{"product_id":"used-death-in-venice-and-seven-other-stories","title":"Used - Death In Venice And Seven Other Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn addition to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eDeath in Venice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, 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 Kröger.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThese 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 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Confessions of Felix Krull\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, they are stunning testimony to the mastery and virtuosity of a literary giant.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Publish Date - 01\/01\/1936 - Used Paperback","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67661268517174,"sku":null,"price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0762\/8714\/8342\/files\/IMG-6370.heic?v=1791488870","url":"https:\/\/thenandnowbookshop.com\/products\/used-death-in-venice-and-seven-other-stories","provider":"Then \u0026 Now Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}