At this novel's opening, the main character sees a (*) stranger in a cemetery in Munich, causing him to have the sudden desire to travel.
In one scene in this novel, a street performer with red hair makes a song strangely suggestive through his bodily motions and guitar playing while his onlooker drinks pomegranate juice. Â That scene foreshadows the protagonist drinking blood in a dream in which a group of wild men carrying torches and dressed in animal skins engage in a primitive ritual around a phallic icon. Â One character in this novel is beaten and almost strangled by Jashu on a beach. Â At this novel's opening, the main character sees a (*) stranger in a cemetery in Munich, causing him to have the sudden desire to travel. Â That character eventually realizes that there is a cholera outbreak in his destination, where he obsessively observes the Polish boy Tadzio. Â For 10 points, name this novel about the writer Gustav von Aschenbach by Thomas Mann.
In one scene in this novel, a street performer with red hair makes a song strangely suggestive through his bodily motions and guitar playing while his onlooker drinks pomegranate juice.
Death in Venice [or Der Tod in Venedig]