A Boy Who Inspired Thomas Manns Death in Venice

A Boy Who Inspired Thomas Manns Death in Venice Wladyslaw Moes 1900 to 1962

Gilbert Adair2001
Whilst visiting Venice in 1911 Thomas Mann's eye was drawn to a young sailor suited boy of almost supernatural beauty, and inspired to write Death in Venice. This is a biography of that boy, who went on to lead a life as rich and as full of twists as any piece of fiction.
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