The city of falling angels / John Berendt.
2006
DG674.2 .B47 2006 (Mapit)
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Title
The city of falling angels / John Berendt.
Author
Berendt, John, 1939-
ISBN
9780143036937 (pbk.)
0143036939 (pbk.)
0143036939 (pbk.)
Imprint
New York : Penguin Books, 2006.
Language
English
Description
414 p. : map ; 21 cm.
Call Number
DG674.2 .B47 2006
Summary
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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Table of 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.
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.