My Venice and other essays /

Leon, Donna,

My Venice and other essays / Donna Leon. - Large print edition. - 337 pages (large print) ; 23 cm. - Thorndike Press large print nonfiction . - Thorndike Press large print nonfiction series. .

On Venice -- On music -- On mankind and animals -- On men -- On America -- On books.

For many years Donna Leon, acclaimed for her bestselling mystery series featuring Venetian Commissario Guido Brunetti, has written essays for European publications. Collected here are over fifty of her best: funny, charming, passionate, and insightful essays in which she shares episodes from her life in Venice, her love of opera, tales from in and around her country house in the mountains, and offers observations on the idea of the Italian man.

1410467236 (hardcover) 9781410467232 (hardback)

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Leon, Donna--Homes and haunts--Italy--Venice.


Americans--Italy--Venice--Biography.


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