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| Venice Revealed: An Intimate Portrait | 
 enlarge | Author: Paolo Barbaro
Publisher: Souvenir Press Ltd
Category: Book
List Price: £10.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 74595
Media: Paperback
Edition: New Ed
Pages: 233
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.3 x 0.8
ISBN: 0285636359
EAN: 9780285636354
ASIN: 0285636359
Publication Date: April 30, 2002
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: Soft cover ex library book in good condition and protected by a removeable clear plastic wallet. Usual library stamps. Clean and unmarked throughout. In stock, and posted 1st class within 24 hours with email confirmation.
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Worth persevering with ! April 24, 2008
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I started reading this just after a trip to Venice. I found the first chapter or so a struggle, my feeling is the translation from the Italian is a little odd and a number of times I had to re read sentences to work out what was being said.
However, I persisted and once i got used to the style I found the book evoked so many memories of the feel of Venice. It is not about the tourist sights, it tells you about the heart and soul of the city and as such I would recommend it to anyone who wants to dig below the gondolas and the glassware and get a little closer to what Venice is really about.
Poetic and beautiful March 19, 2007
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
This is a fabulous book, written by a man who knows and understands Venice, its beauty, its faults, its fragile future. It gives depth to a stranger's understanding of a beautiful and intriguing place. it is superbly written and a must for anyone who has fallen in love with the city.
Strangely wonderful August 9, 2002
62 out of 67 found this review helpful
This is a strangely wonderful book that offers a genuinely unique perspective on a subject that has almost disappeared under the weight of mediocre comment. It is passionate and intelligent. Poetic and accessible. The underlying narrative is fateful and sad but not just the usual, smug, fragile-city-dying stuff. It is a simple tale of man's conflicting capacity to create and neglect things of indescribable beauty. It's been a long time since someone has written something this worthwhile about Venice.
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