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The city of falling angels : [a Venice story] / John Berendt. - New York : Penguin Books, 2006. - 414 stron ; 21 cm.
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Berendt John (1939- ). Autor
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Książki Literatura faktu, eseje, publicystyka
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Literatura amerykańska
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Berendt, John (1939- ) Społeczeństwo Pożar Opery Fenice (1996) Wenecja (Włochy)
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Literatura podróżnicza
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Podróże i turystyka
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Penguin Books
Venice, a city steeped in a thousand years of history, art and architecture, teeters in precarious balance between endurance and decay. Its architectural treasures crumble—foundations shift, marble ornaments fall—even as efforts to preserve them are underway. The City of Falling Angels opens on the evening of January 29, 1996, when a dramatic fire destroys the historic Fenice opera house. The loss of the Fenice, where five of Verdi's operas premiered, is a catastrophe for Venetians. Arriving in Venice three days after the fire, Berendt becomes a kind of detective—inquiring into the nature of life in this remarkable museum-city—while gradually revealing the truth about the fire...
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