Venice : the lion, the city and the water
Nooteboom, Cees, 1933-2020
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Nooteboom's love for Venice, this "absurd combination of power, money, genius and great art", has been ongoing for more than fifty years. The first visit was in 1964, in the company of a young woman. Then, in 1982, he arrived on the Orient Express. Only on his tenth visit did he take a gondola ride. And in 2018 a violent storm cut off the only road and rail connection between the city and the rest of the world, ensuring that he stayed on much longer than planned. He has dived deep into the labyrinth and discovered his own lagoon city between the alleys, locked gates and countless canals. He is surrounded by the dead, and pays homage to the painters and writers who lived and worked there, to the palaces, bridges, painting and sculpture that give the city a kind of immortality. With his ability to penetrate to the core of his destinations, the great Dutch author and traveller Cees Nooteboom (author of Roads to Santiago and Roads to Berlin) sheds new light on the city, its history and its treasures, producing in book form a radiant tribute to Venice - "La Serenissima".
Main title:
Venice : the lion, the city and the water / Cees Nooteboom ; with photographs by Simone Sassen ; translated by Laura Watkinson.
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Imprint:
London : MacLehose Press, 2020.©2019
Collation:
302 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 23 cm.
Notes:
First published as 'Venetie: De leeuw, de stad en het water' by De Bezige Bij, Amsterdam, in 2019.Includes bibliographical references.Translated from the Dutch.
ISBN:
9781529402551 (hbk)9781529402551
Dewey class:
945.3093945.3
Language:
EnglishDutch
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BRN:
385410
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaumaris Library | Adult Non Fiction - Countries | 945.3 NOO | Available |