Death in Venice bestselling author of The City

bestselling author of The City of Brass

especially the young girl she has spied from a distance

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as "perfect as the moon

such as the prophetic Cuban revolutionary José Martí

Death in Venice bestselling author of The CityA sumptuous new translation of the sublime novella of desire, obsession, and one man's downfall; another classic from the author of THE MAGIC MOUNTAIN. "Probably the greatest of modern German novelists." The New York Times One of the pre eminent works of modern European literature, this enthralling story of desire, beauty and infatuation follows the erudite, respectable writer Gustav Aschenbach's descent into obsession. Aschenbach has always lived a