{"product_id":"9780060576172","title":"Death in Venice","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Well-known for his superb translations of Czech and Russian literature, especially Milan Kundera's \u003ci\u003eThe Unbearable Lightness of Being\u003c\/i\u003e, Michael Henry Heim is just as good working from German; his translation is crisp and deft, and it skillfully conveys the detached yet terrible momentum of the story.\"—\u003ci\u003eNew York Sun\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003ePublished on the eve of World War I, a decade after \u003ci\u003eBuddenbrooks\u003c\/i\u003e had established Thomas Mann as a literary celebrity, \u003ci\u003eDeath in Venice\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of Gustav von Aschenbach, a successful but aging writer who follows his wanderlust to Venice in search of spiritual fulfillment that instead leads to his erotic doom.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eIn the decaying city, besieged by an unnamed epidemic, he becomes obsessed with an exquisite Polish boy, Tadzio. \"It is a story of the voluptuousness of doom,\" Mann wrote. \"But the problem I had especially in mind was that of the artist's dignity.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47021643792624,"sku":"9780060576172","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780060576172_p0.jpg?v=1763619939","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780060576172","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}