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My Venice (AMERICAN)

by Harold Brodkey

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ISBN13: 9780805048339
ISBN10: 0805048332
Condition: Standard
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Harold Brodkey's haunting, lyrical portrait of his most beloved city.Venice is a separate country," Harold Brodkey wrote of the fabled city that became his literary muse. "It floats at anchor inside its own will, among its domes and campanili, independent and exotic at its heart."The author's love of Venice--its churches and vaporetti, its capacity to bewilder and seduce--brought him back time and again to the shores of the Adriatic in search of fresh inspiration. Brodkey's Venice is marked by powerful contrasts: pride beside humility, the sacred alongside the profane, solemn tradition coexisting with exuberant mercantile optimism. Illustrated with eleven stunning black-and-white portraits by the legary Italian photographer Giuseppe Bruno, My Venice combines passages from several of Brodkey's great works with previously unpublished notes and essays to create a text as rich, subtle, and beguiling as the city itself.

About the Author

Harold Brodkey, who died in 1996, was the author of two novels, three short-story collections, including The World Is the Home of Love and Death (0-8050-5513-4), and a memoir, This Wild Darkness (Owl Books, 0-8050-5511-8).

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ISBN:
9780805048339
Author:
Brodkey, Harold
Publisher:
Metropolitan Books
Location:
New York :
Subject:
General
Subject:
Description and travel
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
History
Subject:
Authors
Subject:
Europe - Italy
Subject:
Historical fiction
Subject:
Venice (Italy)
Subject:
Venice
Subject:
Venice (Italy) History Fiction.
Edition Number:
1st American ed.
Edition Description:
AMERICAN
Series Volume:
v. 1409
Publication Date:
19980515
Binding:
HC
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
128
Dimensions:
7.82x5.31x.74 in. .50 lbs.

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