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- 420 stránok
- 15 hodin čítania
Viac o knihe
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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The City of Falling Angels, John Berendt
- Jazyk
- Rok vydania
- 2006
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- Jazyk
- anglicky
- Autori
- John Berendt
- Vydavateľ
- Penguin Books
- Rok vydania
- 2006
- Väzba
- mäkká
- Počet strán
- 420
- ISBN10
- 0143036947
- ISBN13
- 9780143036944
- Série
- Štítky
- Náučná literatúra, Mapy & Cestovanie, Skutočné príbehy, Životopisy, Cestovanie, Autobiografie & Pamäti, Južná Európa, Taliansko, True Crime, Benátky
- Pôvodný názov
- The city of falling angels
- Hodnotenie
- 3,5 z 5
- Anotácia
- 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.