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| Named Person: | Ezra Pound; Ezra Pound; Olga Rudge |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
John Berendt |
| ISBN: | 1594200580 9781594200588 1594200610 9781594200618 |
| OCLC Number: | 59359996 |
| Notes: | Map of Venice on endpapers. |
| Description: | 414 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | The Venice effect -- An evening in Venice -- Dust & ashes -- At water level -- Sleepwalking -- Slow burn -- The rat man of Treviso -- Glass warfare -- Expatriates: the first family -- The last canto -- For a couple of bucks -- Opera buffa -- Beware of falling angels -- The man who loved others -- The inferno revisited -- Open house. |
| Responsibility: | John Berendt. |
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Abstract:
Venice, a city steeped in a thousand years of history, art and architecture, teeters in precarious balance between endurance and decay. Its architectural treasures crumble--foundations shift, marble ornaments fall--even as efforts to preserve them are underway. This book opens in 1996, when a dramatic fire destroys the historic Fenice opera house, a catastrophe for Venetians. Arriving three days after the fire, Berendt becomes a kind of detective--inquiring into the nature of life in this remarkable museum-city--while gradually revealing the truth about the fire. He introduces us to a rich cast of characters, Venetian and expatriate, in a tale full of atmosphere and surprise which reveals a world as finely drawn as a still-life painting. The fire and its aftermath serve as a leitmotif, adding elements of chaos, corruption, and crime and contributing to the ever-mounting suspense.--From publisher description.
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