He is inspired to go on his trip after bumping into a red-haired man while walking through a  Byzantine church in Munich.
The protagonist‘s works of fiction include an epic on the life Frederick the Great and a discourse on Mind and Art  reminiscent of Schiller. He is inspired to go on his trip after bumping into a red-haired man while walking through a  Byzantine church in Munich. On his trip, he meets a hideously made-up old man, whose appearance is not unlike one he  will affect near the end of the book. Mid-way through his stay, it becomes clear that it is unwise to remain in the title location as there are clear signs of a cholera epidemic, but he does stay, due to his new-formed passion for the young  Polish boy, Tadzio. FTP, Gustave Aschenbach is the protagonist of what novella by Thomas Mann.
The protagonist‘s works of fiction include an epic on the life Frederick the Great and a discourse on Mind and Art  reminiscent of Schiller.
Death in Venice  or Tod in Venedig