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Death in Venice
In Our Time
Death in Venice
Visconti never uses one adjectives when four will do, does he? He's concerned with the minutiae of description, to an extent that I didn't remember. The story is basically about his increasing attraction, in factuation, with Taggio. Alongside this growing obsession, there's this growing rumour of a sickness pervading Venice. Jesus has come in, yes, and the hospitality industry is panicking so they lie about it. And Ashenbach is beginning to feel a little himself. But then he eventually finds out the truth that this disease is spreading. And the most physically threatening thing he really does is he doesn't want Taggio's family
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