The Other Venice : Secrets of the City
by Predrag Matvejević
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To know a city is to become intimately intertwined with its nooks, crevices, secret passageways, and dark places where its lifeblood flows—and what city has more of those than Venice? In The Other Venice, Predrag Matvejevic ventures past the infamous canals and cobblestone streets of the tourist’s Venice to find the heart of the ancient Italian metropolis. A lyric re-imagining of the City of Romance, The Other Venice utterly reconfigures the Venetian landscape, as Matvejevic follows both show more real and imaginary maps, contemporary and historical, to trace out the details of this sensuous city. He probes into what the ancient metropolis means to its people, the nation, and global culture. But he also finds hints of life in the smallest and most mundane details—ancient bridges, rust-flecked boats, wall sculptures, rivers, and piazzas scattered throughout the city. Each has a little-known story and with Matvejevic as our guide, he reveals the stories behind them all. The book carries readers to a Venice that has escaped the eyes of writers, artists, and photographers through the centuries, and Matejevic by turns plays a historian, cartographer, anthropologist, and philologist as he unravels elusive artifacts of time past. Arresting black-and-white photographs by renowned photographer Sarah Quill accompany the text, offering a silent testament to Matvejevic’s pilgrimage. A fascinating and beautifully written guide, The Other Venice reminds us that there is always another mystery to uncover in the city of water and stone. show lessTags
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Predrag Matvejevic teaches at the New Sorbonne, Paris, and the Sapienza, Rome.
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- Canonical title
- The Other Venice : Secrets of the City
- Original publication date
- 2003
- Important places
- Venice, Veneto, Italy
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- Travel, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 914.5310493 — History & geography Geography & travel Geography of and travel in Europe Italy, San Marino, Vatican City, Malta Northeastern Italy Venice metropolitan city
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- DG672.2 .M3813 — History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania City History of Italy Northern Italy Venice
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- Languages
- 9 — English, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Serbian, Croatian, Spanish
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- Paper
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