{"product_id":"9780061828171","title":"Death in Venice","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe world-famous masterpiece by Nobel laureate Thomas Mann -- here in a new translation by Michael Henry Heim\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished on the eve of World War I, a decade after \u003cem\u003eBuddenbrooks\u003c\/em\u003e had established Thomas Mann as a literary celebrity, \u003cem\u003eDeath in Venice\u003c\/em\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","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47105254097136,"sku":"9780061828171","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780061828171_p0.jpg?v=1769909910","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780061828171","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}