• Title: Death in Venice
• Author: Thomas Mann
• Genre/Subject: Fin de siècle literature
• Publisher: Dover
• Publication Date: 1913
• Start date: 8/28/2022
• Finish date: 8/31/2022

Review:

A literary triumph. I nearly said tour de force but I’m gay enough already without adding fuel to the fire.

A dark, brooding tale of homosexual obsession.

Kind of like a gay Lolita.

The prose is magnificent without being overly wordy and pedantic.

Leitmotifs abound, so many that Wagner would be jealous.

And speaking of Wagner, this is Mann’s equivalent to Der Fliegende Hollander. Meaning it is short and to the point as opposed to his other works which are massive, lengthy tomes. Think of Buddenbrooks or Der Zauberberg.

5 stars. Five, count ’em, five stars.