{"product_id":"death-in-venice-tonio-kroger-and-other-writings-thomas-mann-9780826409713","title":"Death in Venice, Tonio Kroger, and Other Writings: Thomas Mann","description":"\u003cp\u003eThomas Mann (1875-1955) won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1929. This is a collection of his shorter works. \"Death in Venice\", later filmed by Lucion Visconti starring Dirk Bogarde, was published in 1911. It is a poetic meditation on art and beauty, where the dying composer Aschenbach (modelled on Gustav Mahler) becomes fixated by the young boy Tadzio. The other stories are: \"Tonio Kroger\"; the collection entitled \"Tristan\"; \"The Blood of the Walsungs\"; \"Mario the Magician\"; and \"The Tables of the Law\". A number of essays are also included.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHarold Bloom (b. 1930) is Sterling Professor of Humanities at Yale University, Berg Professor at New York University, and a former Charles Eliot Norton Professor at Harvard. He is the author of more than twenty books, including The Anxiety of Influence; Deconstruction and Criticism; The Book of J; The Western Canon; Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human; and Where Shall Wisdom Be Found?\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Continuum","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51998178378002,"sku":"9780826409713","price":58.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_44269af8-a997-45ac-95e0-28be14dd219d.jpg?v=1770142427","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/death-in-venice-tonio-kroger-and-other-writings-thomas-mann-9780826409713","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}