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Death in Venice, California

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Death in Venice, California

Based on Thomas Mann's classic, but treading new territory all its own, Death in Venice, California is a darkly comic tale of yearning, its rewards and its costs. Yearning is often considered a passive thing. But this ignores the molten core of havoc that lies within, making it the most hair-trigger of states. Death in Venice, California, takes the burning concept of yearning-as-motivator, jams it into the craw of a staid, entitled central character, and sets him loose, unmoored, in the modern world.

Jameson Frame, an educated, even revered, middle-aged man of letters, flees the cold canyons of Manhattan for Venice, California, where he is soon surrounded by all that this Bedouin village has to offer: wiccans, vegans, transients, artists, drummers, muscle men, skateboarders, plastic surgeons, pornographers, tarot card readers and ghouls. And an arrestingly beautiful young man named Chase, the subject and object of his yearning.

From there, Frame enters into a spiral of liberation, exultation, and, ultimately, destruction. And, as Frame explores his terra incognita, he takes his reader with him on his wild journey of passion, ecstasy, chaos, and consumption, all exploring the nature of self against the modern landscape, all set to the rhythm of the human heartbeat.

Country	USA
Author	Vinton Rafe McCabe
Binding	Hardcover
Brand	Mccabe, Vinton Rafe
EAN	9781579623524
Edition	Hardcover
ISBN	1579623522
Label	The Permanent Press
Manufacturer	The Permanent Press
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	192
PublicationDate	2014-02-28
Publisher	The Permanent Press
Studio	The Permanent Press
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

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