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Von Aschenbachs fristelse

“Von Aschenbach’s Temptation” (title translated by AI)

Jan Jakob Tønseth (born 1947)

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Stories set between Oslo and Venice; in one, a man named Gustav stands alone before Tintoretto’s Crucifixion, trying and failing to drop his reservations and yield to what he calls the religious temptation.

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About the book

Form
Short stories
Length
121 pages in the original
First published
2006 by Cappelen
Author's age
59 when first published
ISBN

9788202257613 (original)