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the city of falling angels — john berendt

4 stars

Just like in his book Mid­night in the gar­den of good and evil John Berendt gives us an impres­sion of a city and its pop­u­la­tion. This time he picked Venice.
In 1996 the Fenice, opera house of Venice, is burnt to the ground. Berendt hears of this and sets his sails to Italy. In Venice he speaks with peo­ple who heard and saw the Fenice in flames and he is very intru­iged with their sto­ries. Who set the Fenice on fire and why does it take almost ten years to get the opera house built again?

this is a pre­view of the city of falling angels — john berendt. read the full post (137 words & 1 image, esti­mated 33 secs read­ing time)
May 14, 2007 – 08:47 | by eb | posted in history, recommendations, true stories | tagged , , , | 857 views comments (1)

storytelling in venice

I felt like writ­ing some­thing and hey…this is the per­fect place.

this is a pre­view of sto­ry­telling in venice. read the full post (211 words & 2 images, esti­mated 51 secs read­ing time)
February 14, 2007 – 12:29 | by eb | posted in book talk | tagged , | 900 views comments (0)

midnight in the garden of good & evil — john berendt

5 stars

If you are not a big fan of non­fic­tion — like me — don’t be alarmed by the genre descrip­tion. It reads like fic­tion: thriller, drama, wit, you’ll get all and at very high qual­ity at that. You will read like there is no tomor­row. It is a great book!

this is a pre­view of mid­night in the gar­den of good & evil — john berendt. read the full post (223 words & 1 image, esti­mated 54 secs read­ing time)
February 6, 2007 – 10:29 | by eb | posted in history, into movies, recommendations, true stories | tagged , , , , | 817 views comments (0)