The City of Falling Angels [Lingua Inglese] - Brossura

Berendt, John

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0143036939 ISBN 13: 9780143036937

Casa editrice: Penguin Group USA, 2006

Riassunto

Traces the aftermath of the 1996 Venice opera house fire, an event that devastated Venetian society and was investigated by the author, who through interviews with local figures learned about the region's rich cultural history.

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Recensione:

Funny, insightful, illuminating... [Venice] reveals itself, slowly, discreetly, under Berendt's gentle but persistent prying. (The Boston Globe)

Berendt has given us something uniquely different....Thanks to [his] splendid cityportrait, even those of us far from Venice can marvel. (The Wall Street Journal)

L'autore:

John Berendt has been a columnist for Esquire and the editor of New York magazine, and is the author of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, which was a finalist for the 1995 Pulitzer Prize in general nonfiction.

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• Editore: Penguin Group USA
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0143036939
• ISBN 13: 9780143036937
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 414