tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508267865632365231.post6073100091866561480..comments2024-03-27T18:28:32.102-07:00Comments on Rose City Reader: A Venice Book List: Bella Città; Bellissimi LibriGilion at Rose City Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18080293172467000794noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508267865632365231.post-6057109341812648132012-07-22T16:29:39.688-07:002012-07-22T16:29:39.688-07:00I read "The City of Falling Angels" last...I read "The City of Falling Angels" last year and I didn't understand it. I am excited to give it another go here soon. :)CarpeDiemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15576648479456951407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508267865632365231.post-31379439558596758332011-12-03T04:16:10.138-08:002011-12-03T04:16:10.138-08:00I can add two fantastic books to the list: Sarah D...I can add two fantastic books to the list: Sarah Dunant's In the Company of the Courtesan and Jeanette Winterson's The Passion. What a great list of books! I can't wait to discover more during the Venice in February Challenge :)Allyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13519013112094411314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508267865632365231.post-80692984573468736552011-03-27T18:30:47.321-07:002011-03-27T18:30:47.321-07:00Great suggestionsGreat suggestionsUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07800768287615457532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508267865632365231.post-40011578935512419312011-02-28T21:57:42.582-08:002011-02-28T21:57:42.582-08:00I liked Stone's Fall by Iain Pears which takes...I liked Stone's Fall by Iain Pears which takes part partially in Venice (and is on that long list). Pears also has an art crimes series set in Venice that I enjoyed but unfortunately got rid of. Now I want to read them again!Kristen M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02335598194501733541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508267865632365231.post-27537469914028867092011-02-25T14:06:19.119-08:002011-02-25T14:06:19.119-08:00I'm leafing through the Jan Morris abridgement...I'm leafing through the Jan Morris abridgement of <i>The Stones of Venice</i> - maybe it's a better tourist book than I thought. 247 pages, some of it admittedly still skimmable.<br /><br />But try the abridged chapter on St. Mark's in 17 pages - Ruskin is a marvelous guide to the church, even when you can't see it. Start there and then work outward as you see fit.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508267865632365231.post-90524535280870840822011-02-25T08:19:20.962-08:002011-02-25T08:19:20.962-08:00PL: I'll give that one a look. Maybe I need to...PL: I'll give that one a look. Maybe I need to make a Florence list!<br /><br />AR: I've never tacked Ruskin. I don't know if the Venice book is the place to start. Other suggestions?Gilion at Rose City Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18080293172467000794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508267865632365231.post-56816308838996175332011-02-23T18:01:57.996-08:002011-02-23T18:01:57.996-08:00Oh yes, the Ruskin, even an abridgement, is for th...Oh yes, the Ruskin, even an abridgement, is for the tourist who wants to get <i>really serious</i> about the architecture of St. Marks and so on.<br /><br />The others should have more general interest. McCarthy's book is quite short.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508267865632365231.post-37936148557426677382011-02-23T17:36:06.305-08:002011-02-23T17:36:06.305-08:00Here's the only book that I have but I think t...Here's the only book that I have but I think this one sets in Florence.<br /><br />The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant.Playing Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16501291671229076356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508267865632365231.post-79393640879459292022011-02-23T11:14:39.749-08:002011-02-23T11:14:39.749-08:00AR: Thanks for the suggestions! I'll add two o...AR: Thanks for the suggestions! I'll add two of them and consider the Ruskin. Cool!Gilion at Rose City Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18080293172467000794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508267865632365231.post-35797667386601536532011-02-23T08:35:59.981-08:002011-02-23T08:35:59.981-08:00Mary McCarthy's short Venice Observed (1956) i...Mary McCarthy's short <i>Venice Observed</i> (1956) is excellent, I suspect still good for travellers, a snapshot of Venice in the 1950s.<br /><br />I'm currently in the middle of John Ruskin's <i>The Stones of Venice</i> - an abridgement (Jan Morris has put one together) might be good.<br /><br />Norwich has a <i>A History of Venice</i> as well as the travel guide. I've read hisAmateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.com