Venice (City-Pick Series)

Venice has to be the world's most heartstoppingly beautiful and haunting city. For visitors and inhabitants over the centuries it has always been a place rich in history, romance, mystery and intrigue. For writers, artists, filmmakers and others it has been a powerful source of inspiration for their work city-pick Venice brings together over sixty of the very best writers on Venice, whose novels, memoirs, journalism, blogs, diaries and letters wonderfully evoke the past and present of La Serenissima as never before.From arriving in Venice by sea with Jan Morris and crossing the ominous Bridge of Sighs with Casanova … to getting under the skin of the Biennale with Geoff Dyer and learning about Venice the hard way with Bidisha … from taking a sultry summer gondola ride with Thomas Mann and climbing up to San Marco's horses with Sally Vickers' Miss Garnett … to hearing all about the city from Venetian residents Tiziano Scarpa and novelist and palazzo owner Michelle Lovric, and much, much more … Together with a fascinating introduction to the wealth and range of Venetian writing by Jeff Cotton, creator of the Fictional Cities website.'Superb … It's like having your own iPad loaded with different tomes, except with the best passages, bite-sized chunks, just perfect to dip into' The Times'Essential …slip it into your bag alongside a Rough Guide'Waterstone's Books Quarterly'All of a sudden the traditional travel guide seems a little dull …a more soulful guide to the metropolises of the world' The Good Web Guide'A clever way to get under the skin of Europe's capitals. Each shows the city through the eyes of great writers' Metropolitan Eurostar magazineSayfa Sayısı: 226Baskı Yılı: 2010Dili: İngilizceYayınevi: Oxygen Books)