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Sto caricando le informazioni... Venetian Dreaming (2003)di Paula Weideger
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. This book created inspiration for me to paint. Her descriptive paragraphs gave me endless painting subjects. ( ) If you've been to Venice, you'll want to go back just to make it a 'church' tour -- with all the art and history contained in each on every plaza. If you are planning a trip there, you'll get some great suggestions and insights that will surely enrich your stay . Story about the author deciding to live in Venice for a year, how she maneuvered through the language, the culture, and discovered history, art, and an amazing insight into the very old, very vibrant, sinking city. Easy to read and dificult to put down. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
Who hasn't longed to escape to the enchanting canals and mysterious alleyways of Venice? Globetrotting writer Paula Weideger not only dreamed the dream, she took the leap. In Venetian Dreaming, she charts the course of her love affair with one of the world's most treasured cities. Weideger's search for a place to live eventually takes her to the Palazzo Donà dalle Rose, one of the rare Venetian palaces continuously inhabited by the family that built it. She weaves the past lives of the family Donà with her own adventures as she threads her way through the labyrinthine city. Art and architecture are a constant presence. Yet even more strongly felt is the passage of time, the panorama of the seasons as reflected in special events -- Carnival, the Film Festival, September's historic regatta, midnight mass at San Marco. We follow Weideger as she explores the Ghetto, the expatriate community, and the lives of locals from noblemen to boatmen. Along the way she encounters everyone from the ghost of Peggy Guggenheim to the Merchant Ivory crowd, and experiences some high drama with the Contessa, her landlady. The resulting memoir is a wry and illuminating, intelligent and tender account of the once grand heritage and now imperiled future of Venice. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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