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Indlæser... Brunetti's Venice: Walks with the City's Best-Loved Detectiveaf Toni Sepeda
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. If you plan a visit to Venice and want to see the places in Leon's Brunetti books, this volume might be a useful guide. Sepeda provides a dozen walks and a tour of the canal's islands along with snippets from the books showing Brunetti's activity along the way. However, if you are an armchair traveler like myself, you are likely to be disappointed. There are no photographs. Maps are included. Donna Leon wrote the introduction. It's a good companion to the books, but the book's lack of photographs likely limited the audience to only series fans who are going to Venice or to the few die-hard fans who will purchase everything connected to Brunetti. this is a lovely book. and u donthave to be a fan of donna leon's detective novels to like it. long ago, i went to venice, and took along a book of walks, and had a lovely time exploring the city. it featured many of the churches and what u can see in them. this one is even better because it shows the street scenery. if ever i go back again to venice, i shall bring this book along. ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
An armchair traveler's companion to Donna Leon's Brunetti mysteries: "a splendid present for mystery-fiction fans [or] travel-lit buffs" (Tom Nolan, The Wall Street Journal). Follow Commissario Guido Brunetti, star of Donna Leon's international bestselling mystery series, on over a dozen walks that highlight Venice's churches, markets, bars, cafes, and palazzos. In Brunetti's Venice, tourists and armchair travelers follow in the footsteps of Brunetti as he traverses the city he knows and loves. With his acute eye, fascination with history, ear for language, passion for food, and familiarity with the dark realities of crime and corruption, Brunetti is the perfect companion for any walk across La Serenissima. Over a dozen walks, encompassing all six regions of Venice as well as the lagoon, lead readers down calli, over canali, and through campi. Important locations from the best-selling novels are highlighted and major themes and characters are explored, all accompanied by poignant excerpts from the novels. This is a must-have companion book for any lover of Donna Leon's wonderful mysteries. No library descriptions found. |
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As a travel book, the most appreciated information was the time it should take to walk each route using the detailed map. I have to wonder if the information has held up. Information like when restaurants are closed, how to visit a basilica, how to avoid the seedy parts of town. When Brunetti's Venice went to press Sepeda said, "...today only three exist until the new bridge linking Piazzale Roma and the train station designed by the Spanish architect Calatrava is finished" (p 143). Well, is it finished? Are Venetians still suspicious of Sicilians?
Aside from wondering how current the information, I loved the idea of the great authors who have wandered around Venice: Charles Dickens, George Sand, Balzac, and Cocteau to name a few. Imagine Othello in Venice...
Confessional: I fell in love with Guido from the very first book. He is passionate, sensitive, and predictable. I loved that as a member of the law he lived in an illegal apartment; a structure without permits, blueprints, or statement of intent. ( )