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The City of Falling Angelsby: John Berendt September 07, 2006 Best Selling > Books > City Of... |
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I had wanted to read this book for a long time as I enjoy anything relating to Venice and its history however I was a little disappointed. Although it comes vividly alive when the author meets real Venetians too much time and too many pages are taken up with 'outsiders' the boring section about the controversial Ezra Pound Foundation lent little to the book and seemed never ending---what did it have to do with the Fenice fire ??? It served only to pad out the midddle section of the book. The interesting account of the Seguso glass blowers family split was dangled temptingly then dropped,it would have been interesting to have discovered more. If anything it proved what a poisoned chalice Venice is-forced to suffer the overbearing American 'art ... Read More:
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City of Glass: Douglas Coupland's Vancouverby: Douglas Coupland 2003-05 Best Selling > Books > City Of... |
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Sure, it's only one person's view of Vancouver. But at least it's Douglas Coupland's view. In "City of Glass," the author of "All Families Are Psychotic" and "Generation X" strays from fiction to write about his home city. The result is a subdued love ode to Vancouver, peppered with photographs.
Coupland describes Vancouver with many page-long vignettes, sort of like a patchwork quilt: he describes feng shui in Vancouver, Japanese teenagers, a harbour full of sulfur piles, American couples on "love boats," monstrous houses, and the quiet detachment that Vancouver feels from the Rest of Canada. (Which has its own entry -- really!) Coupland's fiction is generally distinguishable for its contemplative, cynically witty tones. But he drops all that ... Read More: >>More Details |
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The City of Falling Angelsby: John Berendt September 26, 2005 Best Selling > Books > City Of... |
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I had wanted to read this book for a long time as I enjoy anything relating to Venice and its history however I was a little disappointed. Although it comes vividly alive when the author meets real Venetians too much time and too many pages are taken up with 'outsiders' the boring section about the controversial Ezra Pound Foundation lent little to the book and seemed never ending---what did it have to do with the Fenice fire ??? It served only to pad out the midddle section of the book. The interesting account of the Seguso glass blowers family split was dangled temptingly then dropped,it would have been interesting to have discovered more. If anything it proved what a poisoned chalice Venice is-forced to suffer the overbearing American 'art lovers' and Z list British aristocracy ... Read More:
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City of Splendour: Writings on Lahorefrom: Penguin Books September 15, 2005 Best Selling > Books > City Of... |
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I had wanted to read this book for a long time as I enjoy anything relating to Venice and its history however I was a little disappointed. Although it comes vividly alive when the author meets real Venetians too much time and too many pages are taken up with 'outsiders' the boring section about the controversial Ezra Pound Foundation lent little to the book and seemed never ending---what did it have to do with the Fenice fire ??? It served only to pad out the midddle section of the book. The interesting account of the Seguso glass blowers family split was dangled temptingly then dropped,it would have been interesting to have discovered more. If anything it proved what a poisoned chalice Venice is-forced to suffer the overbearing American 'art lovers' and Z list British aristocracy ... Read More:
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The City of London Churches (Sovereign) (Sovereign)by: John Betjeman January 01, 1992 Best Selling > Books > City Of... |
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I had wanted to read this book for a long time as I enjoy anything relating to Venice and its history however I was a little disappointed. Although it comes vividly alive when the author meets real Venetians too much time and too many pages are taken up with 'outsiders' the boring section about the controversial Ezra Pound Foundation lent little to the book and seemed never ending---what did it have to do with the Fenice fire ??? It served only to pad out the midddle section of the book. The interesting account of the Seguso glass blowers family split was dangled temptingly then dropped,it would have been interesting to have discovered more. If anything it proved what a poisoned chalice Venice is-forced to suffer the overbearing American 'art lovers' and Z list British aristocracy ... Read More:
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The City of London: A Photographer's Portraitby: James Bartholomew July 28, 1989 Best Selling > Books > City Of... |
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I had wanted to read this book for a long time as I enjoy anything relating to Venice and its history however I was a little disappointed. Although it comes vividly alive when the author meets real Venetians too much time and too many pages are taken up with 'outsiders' the boring section about the controversial Ezra Pound Foundation lent little to the book and seemed never ending---what did it have to do with the Fenice fire ??? It served only to pad out the midddle section of the book. The interesting account of the Seguso glass blowers family split was dangled temptingly then dropped,it would have been interesting to have discovered more. If anything it proved what a poisoned chalice Venice is-forced to suffer the overbearing American 'art lovers' and Z list British aristocracy ... Read More:
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The City of Falling Angelsby: John Berendt September 27, 2005 Best Selling > Books > City Of... |
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I had wanted to read this book for a long time as I enjoy anything relating to Venice and its history however I was a little disappointed. Although it comes vividly alive when the author meets real Venetians too much time and too many pages are taken up with 'outsiders' the boring section about the controversial Ezra Pound Foundation lent little to the book and seemed never ending---what did it have to do with the Fenice fire ??? It served only to pad out the midddle section of the book. The interesting account of the Seguso glass blowers family split was dangled temptingly then dropped,it would have been interesting to have discovered more. If anything it proved what a poisoned chalice Venice is-forced to suffer the overbearing American 'art lovers' and Z list British aristocracy because ... Read More:
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The City of Dreams (Travel Adventure) (Travel Adventure)by: Nury Vittachi January 31, 2007 Best Selling > Books > City Of... |
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I had wanted to read this book for a long time as I enjoy anything relating to Venice and its history however I was a little disappointed. Although it comes vividly alive when the author meets real Venetians too much time and too many pages are taken up with 'outsiders' the boring section about the controversial Ezra Pound Foundation lent little to the book and seemed never ending---what did it have to do with the Fenice fire ??? It served only to pad out the midddle section of the book. The interesting account of the Seguso glass blowers family split was dangled temptingly then dropped,it would have been interesting to have discovered more. If anything it proved what a poisoned chalice Venice is-forced to suffer the overbearing American 'art lovers' and Z list British aristocracy because ... Read More:
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The City of Bathby: Bob Croxford 2006-02 Best Selling > Books > City Of... |
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I had wanted to read this book for a long time as I enjoy anything relating to Venice and its history however I was a little disappointed. Although it comes vividly alive when the author meets real Venetians too much time and too many pages are taken up with 'outsiders' the boring section about the controversial Ezra Pound Foundation lent little to the book and seemed never ending---what did it have to do with the Fenice fire ??? It served only to pad out the midddle section of the book. The interesting account of the Seguso glass blowers family split was dangled temptingly then dropped,it would have been interesting to have discovered more. If anything it proved what a poisoned chalice Venice is-forced to suffer the overbearing American 'art lovers' and Z list British aristocracy because ... Read More:
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The City of York and the Minsterby: Amy Oldfield 1995-09 Best Selling > Books > City Of... |
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I had wanted to read this book for a long time as I enjoy anything relating to Venice and its history however I was a little disappointed. Although it comes vividly alive when the author meets real Venetians too much time and too many pages are taken up with 'outsiders' the boring section about the controversial Ezra Pound Foundation lent little to the book and seemed never ending---what did it have to do with the Fenice fire ??? It served only to pad out the midddle section of the book. The interesting account of the Seguso glass blowers family split was dangled temptingly then dropped,it would have been interesting to have discovered more. If anything it proved what a poisoned chalice Venice is-forced to suffer the overbearing American 'art lovers' and Z list British aristocracy because ... Read More:
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