In addition to acquiring the status of a modern classic, Death in Venice offers a splendidly accurate presentation of the spirit of the educated and cultured well-to-do European bourgeoisie in the years before World War I. Though there is, of course, much to be said for Buddenbrooks, The Magic Mountain ( Der Zauberberg), and other novels by Mann, the fact remains that much of what the author stood for is fairly represented in this finely crafted, thoughtful, and deeply evocative tragic tale. Death in Venice ( Der Tod in Venedig), which was made into a highly successful film by Luchino Visconti in 1976 and was brilliantly adapted by Myfanwy Piper to provide Benjamin Briten with the libretto for his last opera, is probably the best known of all the works of Nobel Prize winner Thomas Mann.
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