Death in Venice and Other Tales Audiobook

" lovely literary style & talent. the story was compelling and by all means a unique plot--albeit a tad bit strange and almost disturbing. . . "

" i loved the short story for the descriptions of Venice. "

" Spoils the magic of Venice "

" A marvelous short story about beauty and its consequences. Mann's prose is incredible, smooth and dense at the same time "

" I don't know what I thought this book was about, but I didn't think it was a forerunner to Lolita until after I finished it. A very odd story, but it was satisfying in its telling, although a bit creepy. "

" Though an interesting read on obsession, I didn't find this to be quite as scandalous as I had heard it would be. I like that we as the reader never know if Tadzio did, indeed, notice and like the attention of the narrator or if that was all a part of his delusion. The lack of a real climax, even of a real meeting, made this more, rather than less, intriguing. "

" I bought this book mainly for "Death in Venice," but found it to be the worst part of this otherwise great collection. I'd have to say that "Death in Venice" is one of the most boring stories I've ever read. "

" Death in Venice: A short story about the unlikely feelings of an adult man for a boy. Worth the time it takes to read it. "

" Especially riveting are the 'Other Stories'. "

" I hate to not love this book, especially as I spent most of this morning in Venice searching for it, and most of this afternoon in Venice reading it. But no, I can't say I love this book. "

" Probably my favourite novel! "

" This was creepy...I don't recommend it. "

" Marvelous psychological literature halfway between Dostoevsky and Goethe. "

" I did not love this book as much as the other of Mann, but he has this rare gift to give each character a very recognizable voice. And every hundred or so pages, you get one sentence, that really mesmerizes. "

" Read for my independent study during university... It was my favorite of all the Mann stories I read. "

" An interesting and thoroughgoing German experience, even if it is in translation. Brings back all sorts of memories from German philosophy and the Love and Death classes. I wish I were in a class like that now so we could hash out all our theories and figure out the layers of meaning. "

" What the heck is all the hoopla about this? Too many words, too lofty, are we in Greece or Venice. gah! Too much emo for a novella. It was the one assigned book in this class that I really did not like. Not bad for all the reading we did. I gave it the one star for that. "

" A compelling look into the nature of man. Parallel to the story of Orpheous and Euryice, this book provides an analysis of human behavior. "