John Berendt - The City of Falling Angels
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Surely as he arrived in Venice, Berendt was... looking for something to write about, something that would not be a letdown for him or his readers after the incredible success of Midnight . Not to keep you in suspense: He found it.... [T]he story of the Fenice fire and its aftermath is exceptionally interesting, the cast of characters is suitably various and flamboyant, and Berendts prose, now as then, is precise, evocative and witty.Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post
Once again, Mr. Berendt makes erudite, inquisitive, nicely skeptical company as he leads the reader through the shadows of what was heretofore better known as a tourist attraction.... [H]e delivers an urbane, beautifully fashioned book with much exotic charm.
An intriguing tour of mysterious Venice and its most fascinating residents.... Venice may be sinking, but in Berendts capable hands, the city has never seemed more colorful, perplexing and alluring... an engaging journey in which the author navigates Venices shadowy politics, its tangled bureaucracy and its elegant high-society nightlife with a discerning, sanguine touch.
John Berendt once again captures the marvelous seamy side of midnight society. Vanity Fair
In Berendts hands, the reader comes to know the city as an almost organic thingan ancient creature... bearing generations of Venetians.
Berendt has given us something uniquely different.... Thanks to [his] splendid city-portrait, even those of us far from Venice can marvel.
This is a book to carry you away... a haunting book.
Fascinating... [T]heres been a lot of talk about the art of the nonfiction novel, a literary form credited to Truman [Capote]. These days we have Mr. Berendt.... This tale of the glamorous, fetid, mythic, schizophrenic slowly sinking city on the Adriatic Seaalong with its evasive denizensmakes for a hypnotic read. Berendt is the best at what he does.Liz Smith, New York Post
If Berendt seems unusually calm for all the expectations placed on The City of Falling Angels , it is perhaps because he has written a book better than his first: a kaleidoscopic, vibrant, deeply human portrait of Venice, Italy, and, more specifically, the people who live therepoets, arsonists, poison makers, glass blowers, questionable ex-pats, performance artists. It is a detective story, a book of puzzles, a comic tale of sorrow, a poignant narrative of absurdity.... The book, like its author, crackles with life, color, and passion.
As refreshing as a chilly Bellini on a humid afternoon, The City of Falling Angels captures Venices inhabitants and intrigues through a series of sharp, well-defined sketches and explores the amusing stink of its bureaucratic corruption, high society skirmishes and daring artistic feats. Berendt immerses us deeply in the citys culture and we emerge sputtering and thrilled.
Both by happenstance and design, Berendt finds himself in an atmosphere rich with personalities, and he takes full advantage of them in crafting an elegant, and elegiac, narrative.
How lucky we are to have John Berendt.... Venice is the gorgeous subject of [his] latest tour de force of social observation.... Lovers of Midnight have waited twelve years for Berendt to offer another book, and Im glad to say the wait has been worth it.... Berendt reports and writes so beautifully, so seamlessly, that a reader might think the work was easy. Detroit Free Press
Berendt is at his best when he writes about the internecine grudges and eccentricities of Venices movers and shakers.
Berendts storytelling skills sparkle. The Gazette (Montreal)
In documenting the Fenice fire and rebuilding, Berendt adds a necessary chapter to the literary oeuvre about Venice. No doubt both Venice lovers and Berendt fans will devour this book.
Berendt has worked hard to tie together not merely all the strands of a complicated story but also the various aspects of Venice... rarely seen by the tourists who swarm through the beautiful old city. His prose... is a pleasure to read.
This is journalism at its most accomplished; it is creative nonfiction as enveloping and heart embracing as good fiction. Booklist
Once again Berendt proves himself a stylist with an uncanny talent for holding reader interest. Star-Tribune (Minneapolis)
Richly atmospheric, entertaining and informative.
Berendt delivers yet another book so readable the pages almost seem to turn themselves. Rocky Mountain News
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