books.google.de - "Death in Venice, " tells about a ruinous quest for love and beauty amid degenerating splendor. Gustav von Aschenbach, a successful but lonely author, travels to the Queen of the Adriatic in search of an elusive spiritual fulfillment that turns into his erotic doom. Spellbound by a beautiful Polish boy,...http://books.google.de/books/about/Death_in_Venice.html?hl=de&id=qX91AF4tafcC&q=Phaedrus&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareDeath in Venice