![]() ![]() ![]() He introduces us to a rich cast of characters, Venetian and expatriate, in a tale full of atmosphere and surprise which reveals a world as finely drawn as a still-life painting. Arriving three days after the fire, Berendt becomes a kind of detective-inquiring into the nature of life in this remarkable museum-city-while gradually revealing the truth about the fire. This book opens in 1996, when a dramatic fire destroys the historic Fenice opera house, a catastrophe for Venetians. Its architectural treasures crumble-foundations shift, marble ornaments fall-even as efforts to preserve them are underway. Venice, a city steeped in a thousand years of history, art and architecture, teeters in precarious balance between endurance and decay. The Venice effect - An evening in Venice - Dust & ashes - At water level - Sleepwalking - Slow burn - The rat man of Treviso - Glass warfare - Expatriates: the first family - The last canto - For a couple of bucks - Opera buffa - Beware of falling angels - The man who loved others - The inferno revisited - Open house ![]()
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