Venice
An evocation of Venice which uses vivid prose, humour and irony to present a personal portrait of an eccentric city.
An evocation of Venice which uses vivid prose, humour and irony to present a personal portrait of an eccentric city.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780571168972 (0571168973)
Publish date: October 7th 1993
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Pages no: 336
Edition language: English
I wanted to say I have finally just about finished reading Jan Morris' Venice and the one thing that struck me more strongly about it than any other impression, was how much it reminded me of Hemingway's Death in the Afternoon. Of course, Morris is frequently in the business of evocative, poetic pro...