Literary Italy

Ep. 13: Thomas Mann / Venice

Anne Schuchman and James Berrettini Season 1 Episode 13

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Today we laugh far too much about Death in Venice, a not-at-all-funny novella by our first non-Italian author, Thomas Mann. But seriously, is there something about illness and decadence that drives creativity?