My Venice and other essays
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Leon, Donna > Homes and haunts > Italy > Venice. Authors, American > 20th century > Travel > Italy > Venice. Americans > Italy > Venice > Biography. Venice (Italy) > Description and travel. Venice (Italy) > Social life and customs. |
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- ISBN: 0802120369
- ISBN: 9780802120366
- Physical Description ix, 222 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition 1st ed.
- Publisher New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, [2013]
- Copyright ©2013
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Formatted Contents Note: | On Venice -- On music -- On mankind and animals -- On men -- On America -- On books. |
Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 30.95 |
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My Venice and Other Essays
Donna Leon has won a huge number of passionate fans and a tremendous amount of critical acclaim for her international bestselling mystery series featuring Venetian Commissario Guido Brunetti. These accolades have built up not just for her intricate plots and gripping narratives, but for her insight into the culture, politics, family-life, and history of Venice, one of the world's most-treasured cities, and Leon's home for over thirty years. Readers love how Leon opens the doors to a private Venice, beyond the reach of the millions of international tourists who delight in the city's canals, food, and art every year. My Venice and Other Essays will be a treat for Leon's many fans, as well as for lovers of Italy and La Serenissima. For many years, Leon, who is a perennial #1 bestseller in Germany, has written essays for European publications. Collected here are the best of these: over fifty funny, charming, passionate, and insightful essays that range from battles over garbage in the canals to the troubles with rehabbing Venetian real estate. She shares episodes from her life in Venice, explores her love of opera, and recounts tales from in and around her country house in the mountains. With pointed observations and humor, she also explores her family history and former life in New Jersey, and the idea of the Italian man.