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Venice Is a Fish: A Sensual Guide by: Tiziano Scarpa List Price: £9.37 City Travel Guides Price: £8.05 You Save: £1.32 (14%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 910 EAN: 9781592404070 ISBN: 1592404073 Label: Gotham Books Manufacturer: Gotham Books Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 176 Publication Date: August 14, 2008 Publisher: Gotham Books Studio: Gotham Books Sales Rank: 286201 Related Items:
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Editorial Review: Erica Jong: Venice is a Fish is a gorgeous tribute to one of the strangest and most beautiful cities on Earth. Was it Henry James or Mary McCarthy who said, 'There is nothing new to say about Venice"? Tiziano Scarpa has proved them both wrong'. Independent on Sunday: Scarpa's approach is from the soul, not the mind. [This book] says more about Venice than you'd ever imagine. Independent: A splendidly fishy guide to Venice from a witty and imaginative writer. To write originally about Venice must be one of the greatest challenges a writer can take up. Every year, hundreds of books on the city are published, but none resembles this one. Sunday Telegraph: `This gem of a book offers practical advice but in a distinctly lyrical tone. If you are lucky enough to be going there, Take Venice is a Fish...and you will want for nothing' Independent: `To write originally about Venice must be one of the greatest challenges a writer can take up. Every year, hundreds of books on the city are published, but none resembles this one... Scarpa warns his readers to beware the lethal "aesthetic radioactivity" projected by the buildings and paintings of Venice. I fear his sharp eye and quick ear can only make that bewitching disease more acute, helped by Shaun Whiteside's felicitous translation' Book Description: Built on an inverted forest, paved with a tortoiseshell of boulders, Venice is a maze of tiny alleys, bridges and squares. Tiziano Scarpa wanders through the city, recounting the customs and secrets that only Venetians know. Beware the buckets on the Zattere in springtime: the cuttlefish inside will squirt ink on your shoes; men must be prepared to carry their consorts at high tide, all must be able to make the sign of the devil with their toes and no one should leave without playing the well-curb that sounds like a steel drum in San Silvestro. With everything from practical advice for aspiring Venetian lovers to hints at where to find the best bacaro, Scarpa waves the tourist in the right direction and, without naming a single restaurant, hotel or bar, relates the secret language needed to experience the real Venice. So ignore the street signs - why fight the labyrinth? Venice, the fish, is ready to swallow you whole. About the Author: Tiziano Scarpa was born in Venice in 1963. He is a poet, novelist, playwright and essayist. He has written a number of acclaimed novels including Eyes On the Broiler and Western Kamikaze. His radio play Pop Corn, received international critical acclaim and was aired by the BBC and other European radio stations. In 1997 he won the 49th Italia Prize for his writing. |
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