During this time he secretly wrote his first tale, Fallen, and shortly afterwards he left the insurance office to study art and literature at the University of Munich. Mann was educated under the discipline of North German schoolmasters before working for an insurance office aged nineteen. Themes that weave their way through many of the shorter stories come to a climax in this novella, out century's most haunting, magnificent tale of art and self-destruction.Thomas Mann was born in 1875 in Lubeck, of a line of prosperous and influential merchants. All seven of these stories are accomplished and memorable, but it is "Death in Venice" that truly forms the centerpiece of the collection. In "Tristan," Mann presents an ironic and comical account of tension between an artist and bourgeois society. In "Gladius Dei," puritanical intellect clashes with beauty. In the first piece, "Little Herr Friedemann," as in "Death in Venice," a character's carefully structured way of life is suddenly and unexpectedly threatened by sexual passion. In these stories, Mann began to grapple with themes that were to recur throughout his work. Although Mann continued working until the end of his life in 1955, he despaired of ever matching the quality of his early writing. The seven stories in this collection represent the early part of Mann's literary career, beginning with work he produced in 1896 at the age of 21, and culminating in his most celebrated novella, "Death in Venice" (1912). This superb new translation of "Death in Venice" and six other stories by Thomas Mann is a tour de force, sure to establish itself as the definitive text for English-speaking readers. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. The themes that Mann weaves through the shorter pieces come to a climax in this stunning novella, one of the most hauntingly magnificent tales of art and self-destruction ever written. In Tristan, Mann presents an ironic and comic account of the tension between an artist and bourgeois society.Īll seven of these stories are accomplished and memorable, but it is Death in Venice that truly forms the centerpiece of the collection.
In Gladius Dei, puritanical intellect clashes with beauty.
In Little Herr Friedemann, a character’s carefully structured way of life is suddenly threatened by an unexpected sexual passion. In these stories he began to grapple with themes that were to recur throughout his work. These seven stories represent Mann’s early writing career and a level of literary quality Mann himself despaired of ever again matching. This superb translation of Death in Venice and six other stories by Thomas Mann is a tour de force, deserving to be the definitive text for English-speaking readers.
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