The City of Falling Angels
John Berendt
2005 оны 9-р сар · Penguin Random House Audio · Holter Graham хүүрнэсэн
5.0star
1 шүүмжreport
headphones
Аудио ном
12 цаг 52 минут
Бүрэн эхээр
family_home
Боломжит
info
reportҮнэлгээ болон шүүмжийг баталгаажуулаагүй Нэмэлт мэдээлэл авах
9 минут-н жишээ хүсэж байна уу? Офлайн байсан ч хүссэн үедээ сонсоорой.
Нэмэх
Энэ аудио номын тухай
It was seven years ago that Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil achieved a record-breaking four-year run on the New York Times bestseller list. John Berendt's inimitable brand of nonfiction brought the dark mystique of Savannah so startlingly to life for millions of people that tourism to Savannah increased by 46%. It is Berendt and only Berendt who can capture Venice--a city of masks, a city of riddles, where the narrow, meandering passageways form a giant maze, confounding all who have not grown up wandering into its depths. 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. In the course of his investigations, Berendt introduces us to a rich cast of characters: a prominent Venetian poet whose shocking 'suicide' prompts his skeptical friends to pursue a murder suspect on their own; the First Family of American expatriates who lose possession of the family palace after four generations of ownership; an organization of high-society, party-going Americans who raise money to preserve the art and architecture of Venice, while quarreling in public among themselves, questioning each other's motives and drawing startled Venetians into the fray; a contemporary Venetian surrealist painter and outrageous provocateur; the master glassblower of Venice; and numerous others--stool-pigeons, scapegoats, hustlers, sleepwalkers, believers in Martians, the Plant Man, the Rat Man, and Henry James.
Berendt tells a tale full of atmosphere and surprise as the stories build, one after the other, ultimately coming together to reveal a world as finely drawn as a still-life painting. The fire and its aftermath serve as a leitmotif that runs throughout, adding to the elements of chaos, corruption and crime, and contributing to the ever-mounting suspense of this brilliant audiobook.
Bonus feature includes an exclusive interview with the author!
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. In the course of his investigations, Berendt introduces us to a rich cast of characters: a prominent Venetian poet whose shocking 'suicide' prompts his skeptical friends to pursue a murder suspect on their own; the First Family of American expatriates who lose possession of the family palace after four generations of ownership; an organization of high-society, party-going Americans who raise money to preserve the art and architecture of Venice, while quarreling in public among themselves, questioning each other's motives and drawing startled Venetians into the fray; a contemporary Venetian surrealist painter and outrageous provocateur; the master glassblower of Venice; and numerous others--stool-pigeons, scapegoats, hustlers, sleepwalkers, believers in Martians, the Plant Man, the Rat Man, and Henry James.
Berendt tells a tale full of atmosphere and surprise as the stories build, one after the other, ultimately coming together to reveal a world as finely drawn as a still-life painting. The fire and its aftermath serve as a leitmotif that runs throughout, adding to the elements of chaos, corruption and crime, and contributing to the ever-mounting suspense of this brilliant audiobook.
Bonus feature includes an exclusive interview with the author!
Үнэлгээ, сэтгэгдэл
5.0
1 шүүмж
Зохиогчийн тухай
John Berendt writes a monthly column for Esquire. He has been the editor of New York magazine and lives in New York.
Энэ аудио номыг үнэлнэ үү
Санал бодлоо хэлнэ үү.
Мэдээллийг сонсож байна
Ухаалаг утас болон таблет
Андройд болон iPad/iPhone-д Google Ном Унших аппыг суулгана уу. Үүнийг таны бүртгэлд автоматаар синк хийх бөгөөд та хүссэн газраасаа онлайн эсвэл офлайнаар унших боломжтой.
Зөөврийн болон ердийн компьютер
Та Google Play дээр худалдан авсан номоо өөрийн компьютерийн веб хөтчийг ашиглан уншиж болно.
