On the ship to the city, he observes an older man in the company of a group of gay, attractive youths. Initially, he goes to the city of Pula, but soon realizes that he would rather be in Venice-in fact, he feels he must go to Venice. Disturbed, Gustav hurries away, deciding that the time has come for him to take a vacation.
As he strolls past a cemetery, he notices a red-haired man of foreign appearance staring at him intently.
Struggling with a new work, he finds himself overstimulated and hopes the walk will restore his calm so he can get back to work. The story begins as the famous author middle-aged Gustav von Aschenbach walks outside in Munich. Considered a modern classic, Thomas Mann’s novel Death in Venice (1912) uses a complicated skein of literary allusions to trace the subtle connections between lust, creativity, and death, utilizing irony in just about every aspect of the story.
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