The Other Venice
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The Other Venice
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Author : Predrag Matvejević
language : en
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Release Date : 2007
The Other Venice written by Predrag Matvejević and has been published by Reaktion Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Travel categories.
To know a city is to become intimately intertwined with its nooks, crevices, secret passageways, and dark places where its lifeblood flows--and what city has more of those than Venice? In The Other Venice, Predrag Matvejevic ventures past the infamous canals and cobblestone streets of the tourist's Venice to find the heart of the ancient Italian metropolis. A lyric re-imagining of the City of Romance, The Other Venice utterly reconfigures the Venetian landscape, as Matvejevic follows both real and imaginary maps, contemporary and historical, to trace out the details of this sensuous city. He probes into what the ancient metropolis means to its people, the nation, and global culture. But he also finds hints of life in the smallest and most mundane details--ancient bridges, rust-flecked boats, wall sculptures, rivers, and piazzas scattered throughout the city. Each has a little-known story and with Matvejevic as our guide, he reveals the stories behind them all. The book carries readers to a Venice that has escaped the eyes of writers, artists, and photographers through the centuries, and Matejevic by turns plays a historian, cartographer, anthropologist, and philologist as he unravels elusive artifacts of time past. Arresting black-and-white photographs by renowned photographer Sarah Quill accompany the text, offering a silent testament to Matvejevic's pilgrimage. A fascinating and beautifully written guide, The Other Venice reminds us that there is always another mystery to uncover in the city of water and stone.
The Other Venice
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Author : Predrag Matvejević (Schriftsteller, Philologe)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014
The Other Venice written by Predrag Matvejević (Schriftsteller, Philologe) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with categories.
The Book Of Venice
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Author : Elisabetta Baldisserotto
language : en
Publisher: Comma Press
Release Date : 2021-05-27
The Book Of Venice written by Elisabetta Baldisserotto and has been published by Comma Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-05-27 with Fiction categories.
An inspector rages against the announcement that police HQ is to relocate – the way so many of the city’s residents already have – to the mainland... An aspiring author struggles with the inexorable creep of rentalisation that has forced him to share his apartment, and life, with ‘global pilgrims’... An ageing painter rails against the liberties taken by tourists, but finds his anger undermined by his own childhood memories of the place... The Venice presented in these stories is a far cry from the ‘impossibly beautiful’, frozen-in-time city so familiar to the thousands who flock there every year – a city about which, Henry James once wrote, ‘there is nothing new to be said.’ Instead, they represent the other Venice, the one tourists rarely see: the real, everyday city that Venetians have to live and work in. Rather than a city in stasis, we see it at a crossroads, fighting to regain its radical, working-class soul, regretting the policies that have seen it turn slowly into a theme park, and taking the pandemic as an opportunity to rethink what kind of city it wants to be.
The Other Venice
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Author : Barbara Stanzl
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012-10-12
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A photographic look at another side of Venice. These are photographs taken off season, from unusual viewpoints, by surprise, early in the morning, late at night, and when nobody is looking.
Mestre Mystery The Other Venice
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Author : Luke C. Pherian
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2020-03-15
Mestre Mystery The Other Venice written by Luke C. Pherian and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-15 with Art categories.
In spite of being virtually unknown to most non-Italians, Mestre is the most populated town in the metropolitan area of Venice, Italy, and it actually predates the city of Venice proper by a few hundred years.
500 Hidden Secrets Of Venice
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Author : SARDI
language : en
Publisher: Uitgeverij Luster
Release Date : 2022-06-07
500 Hidden Secrets Of Venice written by SARDI and has been published by Uitgeverij Luster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-06-07 with categories.
- A practical guide to discovering Venice's finest places, buildings, restaurant, shops, museums, neighbourhoods, parks, hotels and cafes - Revised and updated edition - A practical guide to discovering Venice's finest places, buildings, restaurant, shops, museums, neighborhoods, parks, hotels and cafes - Revised and updated edition If you really want to get under the skin of a city, the 500 Hidden Secrets series, which covers a number of cities from Havana to Ghent, all written by people who know the cities inside out, is ideal. It's an innovative and refreshing take on the traditional travel guide. - The Independent The perfect book for those who wish to discover the locals' favorite spots in Venice, one of the most popular tourist destinations in Europe. Avoiding the usual tourist haunts, this affectionate guide provides a fresh perspective on the must-visit spots and introduces you to Venice's best-kept secrets, such as 5 restaurants that most tourists will never find, 5 cozy markets in the open air, the 5 most beautiful buildings by architect Carlo Scarpa, 5 convents where you can spend the night, the 5 nicest bookshops for kids and much more.
A Wanderer In Venice
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Author : E. V. Lucas
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2017-06-12
A Wanderer In Venice written by E. V. Lucas and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-06-12 with categories.
CHAPTER I THE BRIDE OF THE ADRIATIC The best approach to Venice-Chioggia-A first view-Another water approach-Padua and Fusina-The railway station-A complete transformation-A Venetian guide-book-A city of a dream. I have no doubt whatever that, if the diversion can be arranged, the perfect way for the railway traveller to approach Venice for the first time is from Chioggia, in the afternoon. Chioggia is at the end of a line from Rovigo, and it ought not to be difficult to get there either overnight or in the morning. If overnight, one would spend some very delightful hours in drifting about Chioggia itself, which is a kind of foretaste of Venice, although not like enough to her to impair the surprise. (But nothing can do that. Not all the books or photographs in the world, not Turner, nor Whistler, nor Clara Montalba, can so familiarize the stranger with the idea of Venice that the reality of Venice fails to be sudden and arresting. Venice is so peculiarly herself, so exotic and unbelievable, that so far from ever being ready for her, even her residents, returning, can never be fully prepared.) But to resume-Chioggia is the end of all things. The train stops at the station because there is no future for it; the road to the steamer stops at the pier because otherwise it would run into the water. Standing there, looking north, one sees nothing but the still, land-locked lagoon with red and umber and orange-sailed fishing-boats, and tiny islands here and there. But only ten miles away, due north, is Venice. And a steamer leaves several times a day to take you there, gently and loiteringly, in the Venetian manner, in two hours, with pauses at odd little places en route. And that is the way to enter Venice, because not only do you approach her by sea, as is right, Venice being the bride of the sea not merely by poetical tradition but as a solemn and wonderful fact, but you see her from afar, and gradually more and more is disclosed, and your first near view, sudden and complete as you skirt the island of S. Giorgio Maggiore, has all the most desired ingredients: the Campanile of S. Marco, S. Marco's domes, the Doges' Palace, S. Theodore on one column and the Lion on the other, the Custom House, S. Maria della Salute, the blue Merceria clock, all the business of the Riva, and a gondola under your very prow. That is why one should come to Venice from Chioggia. The other sea approach is from Fusina, at the end of an electric-tram line from Padua. If the Chioggia scheme is too difficult, then the Fusina route should be taken, for it is simplicity itself. All that the traveller has to do is to leave the train at Padua overnight-and he will be very glad to do so, for that last five-hour lap from Milan to Venice is very trying, with all the disentanglement of registered luggage at the end of it before one can get to the hotel-and spend the next morning in exploring Padua's own riches: Giotto's frescoes in the Madonna dell'Arena; Mantegna's in the Eremitani; Donatello's altar in the church of Padua's own sweet Saint Anthony; and so forth; and then in the afternoon take the tram for Fusina. This approach is not so attractive as that from Chioggia, but it is more quiet and fitting than the rush over the viaduct in the train. One is behaving with more propriety than that, for one is doing what, until a few poor decades ago of scientific fuss, every visitor travelling to Venice had to do: one is embarked on the most romantic of voyages: one is crossing the sea to its Queen. This way one enters Venice by her mercantile shipping gate, where there are chimneys and factories and a vast system of electric wires. Not that the scene is not beautiful; Venice can no more fail to be beautiful, whatever she does, than a Persian kitten can; yet it does not compare with the Chioggia adventure, which not only is perfect visually, but, though brief, is long enough to create a mood of repose for the anticipatory traveller such as Venice deserves.
My Venice
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Author : Donna Leon
language : en
Publisher: Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
Release Date : 2013-12-03
My Venice written by Donna Leon and has been published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-12-03 with Travel categories.
A collection of “entertaining . . . unapologetically opinionated” essays from the New York Times–bestselling author of the Commissario Guido Brunetti novels (The New York Times). Donna Leon has won legions of fans and waves of critical acclaim for her international bestselling mystery series featuring Venetian Commissario Guido Brunetti—not only for her intricate plots and gripping narratives, but for her insight into the culture, politics, family-life, and history of Venice. But outside of her mystery novels, Leon has also been writing essays on Venetian life and related topics for years. In My Venice and Other Essays, the best of these essays are collected: more than fifty charming and insightful works ranging in topic from battles over garbage in the canals to the troubles with rehabbing Venetian real estate. Leon shares episodes from her life, 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, her former life in New Jersey, and the idea of the “Italian man.” Sure to please longtime Leon fans as well as anyone who appreciates the wit and wisdom of a master wordsmith, this volume offers “an intriguing glimpse at the strong views of an exceptionally interesting and entertaining novelist” (The Seattle Times).
Venice
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Author : Jan Morris
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993
Venice written by Jan Morris and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Venice (Italy) categories.
Often hailed as one of the best travel books ever written, Venice is neither a guide nor a history book, but a beautifully written immersion in Venetian life and character, set against the background of the city's past. Analysing the particular temperament of Venetians, as well as its waterways, its architecture, its bridges, its tourists, its curiosities, its smells, sounds, lights and colours, there is scarcely a corner of Venice that Jan Morris has not investigated and brought vividly to life. Jan Morris first visited the city of Venice as young James Morris, during World War II. As she writes in the introduction, 'it is Venice seen through a particular pair of eyes at a particular moment - young eyes at that, responsive above all to the stimuli of youth.' Venice is an impassioned work on this magnificent but often maddening city. Jan Morris's collection of travel writing and reportage spans over five decades and includes such titles as Sydney, Coronation Everest, Hong Kong, Spain and Manhattan '45. Since its first publication, Venice has appeared in many editions, won the W.H. Heinemann award and become an international bestseller. 'The best book about Venice ever written' Sunday Times 'No sensible visitor should visit the place without it . . . Venice stands alone as the essential introduction, and as a work of literature in its own right.' Observer
A Wanderer In Venice
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Author : E V Lucas
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-06-11
A Wanderer In Venice written by E V Lucas and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-06-11 with categories.
The best approach to Venice-Chioggia-A first view-Another water approach-Padua and Fusina-The railway station-A complete transformation-A Venetian guidebook-A city of a dream.I have no doubt whatever that, if the diversion can be arranged, the perfect way for therailway traveller to approach Venice for the first time is from Chioggia, in the afternoon.Chioggia is at the end of a line from Rovigo, and it ought not to be difficult to get thereeither overnight or in the morning. If overnight, one would spend some very delightfulhours in drifting about Chioggia itself, which is a kind of foretaste of Venice, although notlike enough to her to impair the surprise. (But nothing can do that. Not all the books orphotographs in the world, not Turner, nor Whistler, nor Clara Montalba, can so familiarizethe stranger with the idea of Venice that the reality of Venice fails to be sudden andarresting. Venice is so peculiarly herself, so exotic and unbelievable, that so far from everbeing ready for her, even her residents, returning, can never be fully prepared.)But to resume-Chioggia is the end of all things. The train stops at the station becausethere is no future for it; the road to the steamer stops at the pier because otherwise itwould run into the water. Standing there, looking north, one sees nothing but the still, landlocked lagoon with red and umber and orange-sailed fishing-boats, and tiny islands hereand there. But only ten miles away, due north, is Venice. And a steamer leaves several timesa day to take you there, gently and loiteringly, in the Venetian manner, in two hours, withpauses at odd little places en route. And that is the way to enter Venice, because not only doyou approach her by sea, as is right, Venice being the bride of the sea not merely by poeticaltradition but as a solemn and wonderful fact, but you see her from afar, and gradually moreand more is disclosed, and your first near view, sudden and complete as you skirt the islandof S. Giorgio Maggiore, has all the most desired ingredients: the Campanile of S. Marco, S.Marco's domes, the Doges' Palace, S. Theodore on one column and the Lion on the other, the Custom House, S. Maria della Salute, the blue Merceria clock, all the business of theRiva, and a gondola under your very prow