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Aschenbach, while in Venice on vacation, becomes obsessed with
Death in Venice
Thomas Mann
a. his health
b. a beautiful young Polish boy
c. an exotic, reckless Venetian prostitute
d. the future of his career
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Thomas Mann

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born

June 06, 1875

died

August 12, 1955

gender

male

place of birth

Lübeck, Germany

influences

Dostoevsky, Stirner, Fontane, Freud, J.P. Jacobsen, Goethe, Hesse, Hoffmann, Jung, Lessing, Luther, Nietzsche, Poe, Schlegel, Schopenhauer, Wagner, Schoenberg, von Platen, Grimmelshausen, Heinrich Mann, Melville

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Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1929 "principally for his great novel, Buddenbrooks, which has won steadily increased recognition as one of the classic works of contemporary literature."

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books by Thomas Mann

avg rating: 3.94 | 9,073 ratings | 807 reviews | 291 distinct works | 52 fans

	Death in Venice by Thomas Mann avg rating 3.80 — 2,390 ratings — published 1913 65 editions	my rating:
	The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann, John E. Woods (Translator) avg rating 4.10 — 1,803 ratings — published 1924 62 editions	my rating:
	Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family (Everyman's Library, #107) by Thomas Mann, John E. Woods (Translator), T.J. Reed (Translator) avg rating 4.09 — 661 ratings — published 1901 59 editions	my rating:
	Death in Venice and Seven Other Stories by Thomas Mann avg rating 3.93 — 621 ratings — published 1912 24 editions	my rating:
	Doctor Faustus: The Life of the German Composer Adrian Leverkuhn as Told by a Friend by Thomas Mann avg rating 4.06 — 493 ratings — published 1947 40 editions	my rating:
	The Confessions of Felix Krull, Confidence Man: The Early Years by Thomas Mann, Denver Lindley (Translator) avg rating 3.86 — 235 ratings — published 1954 33 editions	my rating:
	Tonio Kroger by Thomas Mann avg rating 3.86 — 187 ratings — published 1931 21 editions	my rating:
	Joseph and His Brothers by Thomas Mann, John E. Woods (translator) avg rating 4.13 — 104 ratings — published 1942 16 editions	my rating:
	Tonio Kröger/Mario und der Zauberer by Thomas Mann avg rating 3.91 — 82 ratings — published 1903 3 editions	my rating:
	The Transposed Heads : A Legend of India by Thomas Mann avg rating 3.89 — 56 ratings — published 1959 4 editions	my rating:

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quotes by Thomas Mann

"A writer is a person for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people."
— Thomas Mann

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"No man remains quite what he was when he recognizes himself."
— Thomas Mann

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"He who loves the more is the inferior and must suffer."
— Thomas Mann

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