Thomas Mann — Death in Venice

London, Martin Secker , 1928. First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of one of Thomas Mann's most notable works, inspired by his own experiences in Venice during the summer of 1911. First UK edition.In the publisher's green cloth binding. This novella follows an ennobled writer who visits Venice, finding the experience liberating and uplifting, then increasingly becomes obsessed by the sight of a boy in a family of Polish tourists—Tadzio.From German author and 1929 Nobel Prize for Literature laureate, Thomas Mann, one of the best-known exponents of the so-called Exilliteratur, German literature written in exile by those who opposed the Hitler regime. Tadzio was likely based on a boy named WÃ-‚adzio whom Mann had observed during his 1911 visit to the city, during the cholera epidemic. In the publisher's cloth binding. Several leaves untrimmed. Externally, with fading to the spine and boards, although only minor bumping to the spine. The odd mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean, with the odd spot. Loss to pp. 171-176, not affecting text, likely caused by a miscutting of the leaves. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .