Publication Date: 03/11/2016 ISBN: 9780241248874 Category:

Venice, An Interior

Javier Marias

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Publication Date: 03/11/2016 ISBN: 9780241248874 Category:
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An essential companion for every traveller to Venice, this is the hidden city revealed in a gorgeous non-fiction account by one of Europe’s greatest living writers, Javier Marias

Century after century, the essence of Venice is unchanging. It is a place of contradictions, equal parts glamour and chaos. As a young man, Javier Marias made the city his home; since then he has left and returned many times, drawn back to its labyrinth of blind alleys, its pearly green canals, its imagined spaces.

His love affair with the city has lasted over thirty years – he has traced every inch of its endless interior, has lived among the Venetians and lived apart from them. In Venice, An Interior, Marias sets out to uncover the heart of this strange and enchanting place.

Publisher Review

Publisher's description. A spell-binding literary journey through the ancient and timeless maze of Venice. With characteristic thoughtfulness and elegance, Marias captures this city of contradictions, where glamour and squalor are layered one atop the other, and the truly native Venetians are a rare and elusive tribe. * Penguin *

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