Christina Baker Kline's Orphan Train is partially set in 1929 just before the stock market crash and 2011, in the US ...
When Augusten's parents divorce and his mom has a psychotic breakdown, Augusten finds himself living with his mother's psychiatrist...
Death In Venice was published in 1912 and tells the story of Gustave Von Aschenbach, a successful ageing writer, who travels to Venice for a summer holiday.