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My Venice eBook

And Other Essays

by Donna Leon
language: english
Publisher: Grove Atlantic, December of 2013 ‧
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A collection of "entertaining . . . unapologetically opinionated" essays from the New York Times-bestselling author of the Commissario Guido Brunetti novels (The New York Times).
 
Donna Leon has won legions of fans and waves of critical acclaim for her international bestselling mystery series featuring Venetian Commissario Guido Brunetti—not only for her intricate plots and gripping narratives, but for her insight into the culture, politics, family-life, and history of Venice. But outside of her mystery novels, Leon has also been writing essays on Venetian life and related topics for years.
 
In My Venice and Other Essays, the best of these essays are collected: more than fifty charming and insightful works ranging in topic from battles over garbage in the canals to the troubles with rehabbing Venetian real estate. Leon shares episodes from her life, explores her love of opera, and recounts tales from in and around her country house in the mountains. With pointed observations and humor, she also explores her family history, her former life in New Jersey, and the idea of the "Italian man."
 
Sure to please longtime Leon fans as well as anyone who appreciates the wit and wisdom of a master wordsmith, this volume offers "an intriguing glimpse at the strong views of an exceptionally interesting and entertaining novelist" (The Seattle Times).

My Venice

And Other Essays

by Donna Leon

Property Description
ISBN: 9780802194039
Publisher: Grove Atlantic
Release Date: December of 2013
Language: English
Format: eBook
File Format and Compatibility:
Categories: eBooks in English > Lifestyle & Hobbies > Lifestyle & Hobbies in General
eBooks in English > Tourist Guides and Maps > Europe
EAN: 9780802194039
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Donna Leon

Donna Leon is an author who needs no introduction. Well known in Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, Spain, the USA and Portugal, she is often compared to Agatha Christie, establishing herself as one of the best writers of detective novels, with the series starring Commissioner Guido Brunetti. The American writer has been standing out worldwide as one of the most important authors of the contemporary crime scene, and her works have successively remained on the bestseller lists around the world. As a general rule in her works, the writer offers readers peculiar characters, among whom are sympathetic victims deserving of compassion, kind murderers who do not deserve any punishment and criminals so wicked that they will never be punished. Leon has lived and taught English in Switzerland, Iran, China and Saudi Arabia. She is currently a professor of English Literature at a university near the city of Venice, where she lives.

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