The city of falling angels : a Venice story / John Berendt.
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.
Record details
- ISBN: 1594200580
- ISBN: 9781594200588
- Physical Description: 414 pages ; 25 cm
- Publisher: New York : Penguin Press, 2005.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Map of Venice on endpapers. |
Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader AR UG 7.8 21 102707. |
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Subject: | Teatro La Fenice > Fire, 1996. Venice (Italy) > Description and travel. Venice (Italy) > Social life and customs. |
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