Jane Turner Rylands

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Iowa

Twelve wry and enthralling stories evoke the hidden life of one of Europe's most mysterious and unknowable cities.

Venetian Stories

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In these brilliantly realized, linked tales, the real Venice is revealed – not the iconic tourist destination the city has become, but the mysterious society that resides behind its elegant doors and shuttered windows. With a sly and affectionate delicacy, Jane Turner Rylands, an American expatriate who has lived in Venice for thirty years, portrays a dozen Venetians– a construction foreman, a countess, a gondolier, a postman, an architect, a Baronessa, an English lord – as they pursue their respective interests. And in turn, through the perspective of those who live and work in this most alluring of cities, Venetian Stories illuminates canals and palazzos, churches and gondolas, large concerns and small rituals, with an uncommon intimacy.

Category - Fiction / Travel

Format - Hardcover

Condition - Good

Listed - 4 months ago

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Ships From - Iowa

Est. Publication Date - May 2003

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