Death in Venice
Ratings59
Average rating3.8
“Nothing is stranger or more ticklish than a relationship between people who know each other only by sight, who meet and observe each other daily - no hourly - and are nevertheless compelled to keep up the pose of an indifferent stranger, neither greeting nor addressing each other, whether out of etiquette or their own whim.”
Bonita prosa, mucha simbologia, en especial relativa a mitologia griega, he dicho que la prosa es muy bonita?
Parece que tiene todo lo que me gustaria en un libro pero por otro lado me daba la sensacion de que lo estaba intentando demasiado sin tener realmente un gran transfondo. No importa realmente lo que la mayoria de los personajes piensan, supongo que solo queria hablar de una cosa en concreto hacerlo de forma bella y simbolica.
Yo creo que es un exito en este sentido y entiendo que a mucha gente le encante este libro, pero no consiguio conectar conmigo.
20% in. I am going to be so conflicted about this.
40% in. Finally, some life!
60% in. Now it is perfect. <3
80% in. I don't want either Aschenbach or Tadzio to die. I've grown quite attached to them.
100% in. This was brilliant. Mann's got me wishing I was an ascetic old man who had devoted his being to discipline just so I could taste the intoxicating annihilative pleasures of liberation after a lifetime of sobriety.
Extrêmement bien écrit, très poétique, à mes yeux respectueux et touchant, une distance maîtrisée, une certaine douceur. Un récit d'une fin de vie et d'un dernier émoi intéressant.
I liked and disliked this book. Mann has his character, Aschenbach, preach a little more than I like, preaching his thoughts about beauty and writing and control. That's what I disliked. For the first third of the book, I could barely force myself to keep reading.
Then Aschenbach falls in love and begins to tail the object of his affection all over Venice. The story takes a different turn and the writing moves from a rant about virtue to a real story. Venice is beautifully depicted and Aschenbach becomes a real, brilliant, tortured human being. That's what I liked.