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
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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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Table of Contents
My Venice and Other Essays
Section | Section Description | Page Number |
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On Venice | ||
My Venice | p. 3 | |
On the Beating Heart of the City | p. 6 | |
Garbage | p. 9 | |
The Casinò | p. 12 | |
Gypsies | p. 18 | |
Italian Bureaucracy | p. 24 | |
Diplomatic Incident | p. 27 | |
Nun Mangiare, Ti Fa Male | p. 29 | |
Miss Venice Hilton | p. 32 | |
New Neighbors | p. 34 | |
The House from Hell | p. 37 | |
Shit | p. 41 | |
Neighbor | p. 44 | |
Tourists | p. 48 | |
Da Giorgio | p. 51 | |
On Poor People | p. 53 | |
On Music | ||
A Bad Hair Night at the Opera | p. 59 | |
On Beauty and Freedom in the Opera | p. 61 | |
Confessions of an American Handel Junkie | p. 64 | |
Da Capo (Callks) | p. 69 | |
Anne Sofie von Otter | p. 71 | |
Deformazione Professionale | p. 81 | |
On Mankind and Animals | ||
Mice | p. 87 | |
Hunters | p. 89 | |
Gladys | p. 92 | |
Cesare | p. 95 | |
Badgers | p. 98 | |
The Woman from Dübendorf (Gastone) | p. 101 | |
Tell Me You Forgive Me, Professor Grzimek | p. 104 | |
Moles | p. 106 | |
Battle Report | p. 109 | |
Blitz | p. 112 | |
My First Time Eating Sheep's Eyeball | p. 118 | |
On Men | ||
Bosoms | p. 123 | |
The Italian Man | p. 126 | |
Instincts | p. 132 | |
Oh Beautiful Little Foot | p. 135 | |
It's a Dick Thing | p. 138 | |
A Trivial Erotic Game = Okay, So I'm a Puritan | p. 141 | |
I Want a Few Good Men | p. 144 | |
The Developer | p. 146 | |
Saudi Arabia | p. 149 | |
The New York Man | p. 160 | |
On America | ||
My Family | p. 167 | |
Tomato Empire | p. 173 | |
My Mother's Funeral | p. 177 | |
Fatties | p. 180 | |
We'd All Be Hamburger, Ma'am | p. 183 | |
On Sprüngli and CNN | p. 189 | |
The United States of Paranoia | p. 192 | |
On Books | ||
E-mail Monsters | p. 199 | |
With Barbara Vine | p. 203 | |
No Tears for Lady Di | p. 206 | |
Suggestions on Writing the Crime Novel | p. 209 | |
On Dinner with an American Physician | p. 220 |