Short story books set in Germany (5)
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Death in Venice by Thomas Mann EN
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A tale of genius in which Thomas Mann explores the artist's relation to life. First published in 1912, Death in Venice tells how Gustave von Aschenbach, a writer utterly absorbed in his work, arrives in Venice as the result of a 'youthfully ardent thirst for distant scenes', and meets a young boy by whose beauty he becomes obsessed. His pitiful pursuit of the object of his affection and its inevitable and pathetic climax are told here with the particular skill the author has for this shorter form of fiction.
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Bambert's Book of Missing Stories by Reinhardt Jung EN
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A recluse, having written stories peopled with beloved characters, releases them into the world on hot-air balloons, hoping they will find life and return to him.
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18 Stories by Heinrich Böll EN
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Written over a period of fifteen years, these stories are portraits of highly diverse characters exploring a wide range of human experience and emotion.
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Der Tod in Venedig by Thomas Mann DE
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Sehnsucht und Begehren, Schönheit und Tod. Wo sonst als im alten Venedig kann man sich so verlieben und verzehren wie der Schriftsteller Gustav Aschenbach in Thomas Manns berühmter Novelle. Vom »Einbruch der Leidenschaft« erzählt Thomas Mann, von der verbotenen Liebe des Schriftstellers zu dem schönen Jungen Tadzio. Zugleich aber erzählt er auch vom Ausbruch einer Pandemie, der Cholera, an der Aschenbach schließlich stirbt. Von Luchino Viscontis Verfilmung bis zu John Neumeiers Ballett hat die Novelle sehr unterschiedliche Künstler inspiriert &nd... continue
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