Tonio Kroger and Death in Venice are obviously supposed to be

Shut the fuck up faggot.

>>9804033
>Death is showing that striving to create art can never truly be achieved

What? Wherever did you get that idea? That's a unique reading of Death in Venice, but I think it's missing Mann's focus.

Hint: the most important character in Death in Venice isn't Aschenbach, nor Tadzio. It's Venice (or all of continental Europe).

thinkin of starting the magic mountain, yay or nay

>>9804904
I read death a few months ago so my memory of it isn't quite as good as tonio (which I finished this morning) but it seemed like aschenbach was supposed to feel alienated in the same way tonio felt despite being an accomplished and acclaimed artist