‘Death In Venice’ by Thomas Mann

Filthy Art (Part III)

Spinario (Boy Pulling a Thorn from His Foot).

“Solitude produces originality, bold & astonishing beauty, poetry. But solitude also produces perverseness, the disproportionate, the absurd, and the forbidden.”
― Thomas Mann, Death in Venice

A few weeks ago I purchased The Magician by Colm Tóibín which is a biography of Thomas Mann and was an absolute joy to read. I am not one for biographies…