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Venice, a city steeped in a thousand years of history, art and architecture, teeters in precarious balance between endurance and decay. Its architectural treasures crumble--foundations shift, marble ornaments fall--even as efforts to preserve them are underway. This book opens in 1996, when a dramatic fire destroys the historic Fenice opera house, a catastrophe for Venetians. 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. 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. The fire and its aftermath serve as a leitmotif, adding elements of chaos, corruption, and crime and contributing to the ever-mounting suspense.--From publisher description.… (mer)
Donna Leon brings Venice to life in her Guido Brunetti series and I wanted to expand on that knowledge. John Berendt's ode to Venice, The City of Falling Angels, has the same tone as Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, gossipy journalism that reveals the underside of the elegance and old money world of Venice. And, I liked it very much! The book focuses on the fire at the Fernice Opera House, the setting of Leon's first mystery. ( )
Similar to many journalistic, well researched this book, this book contaibned many repetitions and unneeded details. However, it was written as if it were a mystery about the fire at Fenice, the Grand Opera House of Venice. All of the intrigue and pettinesses involved, besides the outright graft, nepotism, and networking by many of those involved, was very enlightening. The legal system, and laws (whether obeyed or not) also added much interest. ( )
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BEWARE OF FALLING ANGELS - Sign posted outside the Santa Maria della Salute Church in the early 1970s, before restoration of its marble ornaments
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For Harold Hayes and Clay Felker
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"Everyone in Venice is acting," Count Girolamo Marcello told me.
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Until a court could decide their fate, those creations of love and fire would remain locked in a storeroom at the glassworks--seen by no one, gathering dust.
Venice, a city steeped in a thousand years of history, art and architecture, teeters in precarious balance between endurance and decay. Its architectural treasures crumble--foundations shift, marble ornaments fall--even as efforts to preserve them are underway. This book opens in 1996, when a dramatic fire destroys the historic Fenice opera house, a catastrophe for Venetians. 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. 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. The fire and its aftermath serve as a leitmotif, adding elements of chaos, corruption, and crime and contributing to the ever-mounting suspense.--From publisher description.
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