Despite being warned that the sirocco was aggravating the cholera epidemic on Lido, the title event happens while the protagonist observes Tadzio on an Italian beach.
The protagonist of this work imagines an ugly Socrates lecturing Phaedrus. The protagonist is inspired to go on a journey when he encounters a red haired man in a Byzantine graveyard, and is later disgusted by an old fop he meets on a boat, who pretends to be young with painted cheeks and a dyed wig. Despite being warned that the sirocco was aggravating the cholera epidemic on Lido, the title event happens while the protagonist observes Tadzio on an Italian beach. For 10 points, name this novella about the demise of Gustav von Aschenbach, written by Thomas Mann.
The protagonist of this work imagines an ugly Socrates lecturing Phaedrus.
Death in Venice [or Der Todig in Venedig]