For 10 points, name this Thomas Mann novel in which Gustav von Aschenbach engages in the title activity due to cholera.
This novel's protagonist dreams of a crouching tiger in the jungle and has several further visions including a conversation on the spiritual value of love between Socrates and Phaedrus. Under the influence of "that dark God whose pleasure it is to trample man's reason and dignity underfoot," the protagonist dyes his hair and dons makeup to imitate a deranged old gondolier and meets the "vassal" Jashu, who nearly suffocates the object of his pursuit in the final scenes, when Tadzio discovers the protagonist. For 10 points, name this Thomas Mann novel in which Gustav von Aschenbach engages in the title activity due to cholera.
This novel's protagonist dreams of a crouching tiger in the jungle and has several further visions including a conversation on the spiritual value of love between Socrates and Phaedrus.
{Death in Venice} or Der {Tod in Venedig}