{"product_id":"death-in-venice-thomas-mann-9781805332688","title":"Death in Venice","description":"\u003cp\u003eErudite, respectable writer Gustav Aschenbach lives a life of structured routine. One day, as he puzzles over his stubborn writer's block, Aschenbach has a dazzling vision that leaves him with a restless urge to abandon his settled life and travel south to Venice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOn checking into his hotel, Aschenbach notices a young Polish boy of perfect, sculptural beauty: Tadzio. As he lingers on at the hotel, Aschenbach falls into an ever-deeper infatuation with the youth, whose curled blond hair and porcelain face fill him with rapture. Ignoring whispered warnings of a cholera outbreak in the city, Aschenbach chooses to stay close to Tadzio, his mind swirling with mad desire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eClassical in structure yet roiled by disturbing passion, Death in Venice is an enormously powerful story of one man's undoing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'The greatest German novelist of the 20th century' - Spectator\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A monumental writer' - Sunday Telegraph\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Thomas Mann","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":48863916556531,"sku":"9781805332688","price":24.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/files\/9781805332688.jpg?v=1776715263","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/death-in-venice-thomas-mann-9781805332688","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}