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Venice Requiem

by Khalid Lyamlahy
language: english
Publisher: HopeRoad Publishing Ltd, February of 2026 ‧
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On the 22nd of January 2017, Pateh Sabally, a twenty-two-year-old Gambian refugee living in Italy since 2015, arrives in Venice from Milan. He leaves his backpack near the Scalzi Bridge, puts his train ticket and residence permit in a plastic pouch, and then plunges into the cold waters of the Grand Canal, amidst the gaze of onlookers and tourists. As he drowns, some insult him, while others shout "Africa". Outraged by this tragic death, the novel’s narrator, a young writer based in Paris, follows Pateh’s trail aiming to piece together and understand the sequence of events leading up to his death. Venice Requiem tells the story of a Venice where literature grapples with the pressing dramas of our time. Throughout the novel, the narrator quotes authors who lived in or wrote about Venice: Goldoni, Thomas Mann, Ernest Hemingway, Lord Byron, Marcel Proust, and others. Through a dialogue with the writings and experiences of these authors, the novel explores the potential of literature to rescue humanity.

Venice Requiem

by Khalid Lyamlahy

Property Description
ISBN: 9781913109387
Publisher: HopeRoad Publishing Ltd
Release Date: February of 2026
Language: English
Dimensions: 129 x 198 x 20 mm
Cover: Softcover
Format: Book
Categories: Books in English > Fiction > Fiction
EAN: 9781913109387