000354393 000__ 02747cam\a2200409\a\4500 000354393 001__ 354393 000354393 005__ 20210513130507.0 000354393 008__ 050412s2005\\\\nyu\\\\\\\\\\\000\0\eng\\ 000354393 010__ $$a 2005047661 000354393 019__ $$a173165029 000354393 020__ $$a9781594200588 000354393 020__ $$a1594200580 000354393 020__ $$a9781594200618 000354393 020__ $$a1594200610 000354393 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocm59359996 000354393 035__ $$a354393 000354393 040__ $$aDLC$$cDLC$$dYDX$$dBAKER$$dIK2$$dJAG$$dSVP$$dVP@$$dBUR$$dYBM$$dBTCTA$$dYDXCP$$dOCLCG$$dCPE$$dSMP$$dCQU$$dISE 000354393 043__ $$ae-it--- 000354393 049__ $$aISEA 000354393 05000 $$aDG674.2$$b.B47 2005 000354393 08200 $$a945/.31$$222 000354393 1001_ $$aBerendt, John,$$d1939- 000354393 24514 $$aThe city of falling angels /$$cJohn Berendt. 000354393 260__ $$aNew York :$$bPenguin Press,$$c2005. 000354393 300__ $$a414 p. ;$$c25 cm. 000354393 500__ $$aMap of Venice on endpapers. 000354393 5050_ $$aThe 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. 000354393 520__ $$aVenice, a city steeped in a thousand years of history, art and architecture, teeters in precarious balance between endurance and decay. Its architectural treasures crumble--foundations shift, marble ornaments fall--even as efforts to preserve them are underway. This book opens in 1996, when a dramatic fire destroys the historic Fenice opera house, a catastrophe for Venetians. Arriving three days after the fire, Berendt becomes a kind of detective--inquiring into the nature of life in this remarkable museum-city--while gradually revealing the truth about the fire. He introduces us to a rich cast of characters, Venetian and expatriate, in a tale full of atmosphere and surprise which reveals a world as finely drawn as a still-life painting. The fire and its aftermath serve as a leitmotif, adding elements of chaos, corruption, and crime and contributing to the ever-mounting suspense.--From publisher description. 000354393 60010 $$aPound, Ezra,$$d1885-1972$$xFriends and associates. 000354393 60010 $$aPound, Ezra,$$d1885-1972$$vArchives. 000354393 60010 $$aRudge, Olga,$$d1895-1996$$xFriends and associates. 000354393 61020 $$aTeatro La Fenice$$xFire, 1996. 000354393 651_0 $$aVenice (Italy)$$xDescription and travel. 000354393 651_0 $$aVenice (Italy)$$xSocial life and customs. 000354393 85200 $$bgen$$hDG674.2$$i.B47$$i2005 000354393 85642 $$3Contributor biographical information$$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0721/2005047661-b.html 000354393 85642 $$3Publisher description$$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0721/2005047661-d.html 000354393 85641 $$3Sample text$$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0721/2005047661-s.html 000354393 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:354393$$pGLOBAL_SET 000354393 980__ $$aBIB 000354393 980__ $$aBOOK