![]() ![]() ![]() Aschenbach makes sure that the seat he has chosen is not occupied by someone else (by asking a nearby lady and then quickly turning from her once he has verified the vacancy) and he sits to read a newspaper. They mostly avoid eye contact with strangers and avoid being noticed as they take notice of their neighbors. ![]() They sit in groups consisting of families and acquaintances, they occupy themselves with sundry small tasks and preoccupations (newspapers, chit chat, puzzles, or simply looking about at their surroundings). The guests are all awaiting dinner to be served and they behave in that manner that groups of people who don’t know each other observe when they are waiting to have a bodily need satisfied. Character Gustav von Aschenbach (Dick Bogarde)-a famous writer in Thomas Mann’s novella Death in Venice (1912), but a celebrated composer in Luchino Visconti’s film adaptation ( Morte a Venezia, 1971) -sits among the guests at the Hotel des Bains on the Lido in Venice. ![]()
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