Death in Venice

A novella about fatal desire, beauty and the thin line between admiration and self-destruction. The acclaimed writer Gustav von Aschenbach travels to Venice to find peace and inspiration. Instead, he is enchanted by young Tadzio and a city shrouded in beauty and the threat of destruction. Death in Venice is a captivating story about passion that upsets order, the transience of ideals and the courage to look within. The novella is published in a new translation by Radek Malý and is supplemented by an afterword by Vratislav Maňák.