In the course of his investigations, Berendt introduces us to a richĬast of characters: a prominent Venetian poet whose shocking "suicide" Museum-citywhile gradually revealing the truth about the fire. Where five of Verdi's operas premiered, is a catastrophe for Venetians.Īrriving in Venice three days after the fire, Berendt becomes a kind ofĭetectiveinquiring into the nature of life in this remarkable The City of Falling Angels opens on the evening of January 29, 1996, when a dramaticįire destroys the historic Fenice opera house. Its architectural treasuresĬrumblefoundations shift, marble ornaments falleven as efforts to Thousand years of history, art and architecture, teeters in precariousīalance between endurance and decay. Have not grown up wandering into its depths. The narrow, meandering passageways form a giant maze, confounding all who It is Berendt and onlyīerendt who can capture Venicea city of masks, a city of riddles, where Tourism to Savannah increased by 46 percent. Mystique of Savannah so startlingly to life for millions of people that John Berendt's inimitable brand of nonfiction brought the dark Garden of Good and Evil achieved a record-breaking four-year run It was seven years ago that Midnight in the
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