Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi
Jeff Atman, a journalist, is in Venice to cover the opening of the Biennale. He's expecting to see a load of art, go to a lot of parties and drink too many bellinis. He's not expecting to meet the spellbinding Laura, who will completely transform his few days in the city. So begins a story of...
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Jeff Atman, a journalist, is in Venice to cover the opening of the Biennale. He's expecting to see a load of art, go to a lot of parties and drink too many bellinis. He's not expecting to meet the spellbinding Laura, who will completely transform his few days in the city. So begins a story of erotic love and spiritual learning that will reach its conclusion amidst the ghats of Varanasi.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780307377371 (0307377377)
Publish date: April 7th 2009
Publisher: Pantheon
Pages no: 304
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Travel,
Humor,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Cultural,
Italy,
Book Club,
Literary Fiction,
Art,
India
Rating deleted. I can't in good conscience keep ratings for books by any of the 204 writers who signed the letter protesting the award for courage PEN gave to Charlie Hebdo. Such willful obtuseness by writers, of all people, toward freedom of expression is very troubling.This makes me want to go bac...
Geoff Dyer’s books are best enjoyed by those who appreciate writing apart from such conventionalities as plot, narrative arc, or the like. This is more of a ruminative romp by two Dyeresque personas in two very different circumstances (Varanasi, in the book's latter half, is particularly wonderful)....
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