Thomas Mann is one of my favorites, but this group of short stories didn't do much for me.
The centerpiece of this collection is Death in Venice - a story about which I've seen so many favorable references - I'm sure it's elegantly constructed and written, but the story line did nothing for me. Aschenbach follows Tadzio around.
I preferred Tonio Kroger and Tristan. Even Man and Dog: An Idyll - Mann certainly could describe relationship between dog and master.
Read quite a bit of this on the planes to/fro India.
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