Watermark
In this brief, intense, gem-like book, equal parts extended autobiographical essay and prose poem, Brodsky turns his eye to the seductive and enigmatic city of Venice. A mosaic of 48 short chapters—each recalling a specific episode from one of his many visits there (Brodsky spent his winters in...
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In this brief, intense, gem-like book, equal parts extended autobiographical essay and prose poem, Brodsky turns his eye to the seductive and enigmatic city of Venice. A mosaic of 48 short chapters—each recalling a specific episode from one of his many visits there (Brodsky spent his winters in Venice for nearly 20 years)—Watermark associatively and brilliantly evokes one city's architectural and atmospheric character. In doing so, the book also reveals a subject—and an author—readers have never before seen.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780374523824 (0374523827)
Publish date: June 1st 1993
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages no: 144
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Travel,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Writing,
Essays,
Literature,
Cultural,
Italy,
Geography,
Russia,
Russian Literature,
Poetry,
Nobel Prize,
Cities
He is buried there.Joseph Brodsky is buried in the Isola di San Michele cemetery in Venice.He is not alone. Other writers, other artists, also chose to rest there. Diaguilev, Pound, and Stravinsky among others keep him company.Knowing this while reading his very personal ode to Venice acquires an ...
11 years ago
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