Venice: The Lion, the City and the Water

Hardback

Main Details

Title Venice: The Lion, the City and the Water
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Cees Nooteboom
Translated by Laura Watkinson
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:240
Dimensions(mm): Height 222,Width 156
Category/GenreTravel writing
ISBN/Barcode 9781529402551
ClassificationsDewey:914.53110492
Audience
General
Illustrations 32 colour illustrations

Publishing Details

Publisher Quercus Publishing
Imprint MacLehose Press
NZ Release Date 16 April 2020
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

"His writing is lyrical and densely textured. He is a poet of time and memory" - COLIN THUBRON Nooteboom's love for Venice, this "absurd combination of power, money, genius and great art", has been ongoing for more than fifty years. The first visit was in 1964, in the company of a young woman. Then, in 1982, he arrived on the Orient Express. Only on his tenth visit did he take a gondola ride. And in 2018 a violent storm cut off the only road and rail connection between the city and the rest of the world, ensuring that he stayed on much longer than planned. He has dived deep into the labyrinth and discovered his own lagoon city between the alleys, locked gates and countless canals. He is surrounded by the dead, and pays homage to the painters and writers who lived and worked there, to the palaces, bridges, painting and sculpture that give the city a kind of immortality. With his ability to penetrate to the core of his destinations, the great Dutch author and traveller Cees Nooteboom (author of Roads to Santiago and Roads to Berlin) sheds new light on the city, its history and its treasures, producing in book form a radiant tribute to Venice - "La Serenissima". Translated from the Dutch by Laura Watkinson

Author Biography

Cees Nooteboom was born in The Hague in 1933, and now lives in Amsterdam and on the island of Minorca. He is a poet and novelist who has been the recipient of numerous prestigious awards such as the Pegasus Prize and the Aristeion Prize for his novels, which include Rituals (1983), The Following Story (1994), and All Souls' Day (2001). His books of travel writing, Roads to Santiago (1997) and Roads to Berlin (2012) have become backlist classics.