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In Search of Venice

In Search of Venice

by Arthur SchnitzlerPaul Morand Regis Debray and others
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Age range: + years old Publication Date: 22/11/2019

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Venices by Paul Morand
A poetic evocation of the French ambassador's encounters and experiences, filtered through the one constant in his life - Venice.
Translated by Euan Cameron 256ppLoving Venice by Petr Kral
The Czech poet writes a love letter to a place that arouses strong and contradictory emotions and provides a portrait both intimate and universal.
Translated by Christopher Moncrieff 96ppAgainst Venice by Regis Debray
An irreverent and witty criticism of the world of parties and palazzo but the city loses none of its seduction, even to a skeptic.
Translated by John Howe 80ppLetters from the Palazzo Barbaro by Henry James
The great writer went to Venice and instantly fell in love with the city: this selection of letters provides a unique record of his impressions
224ppCasanova's Return to Venice by Arthur Schnitzler
An ageing Casanova longs to return to Venice after a life of exile. A brilliant psychological portrait two days in the life of the most famous seducer and free spirit.
Translated by Ilsa Barea 192pp
ISBN:
9781906548605
9781906548605
Category:
Fiction in translation
Age range:
+ years old
Format:
Multiple copy pack
Publication Date:
22-11-2019
Publisher:
Pushkin Press
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
880
Dimensions (mm):
175x124x91mm
Weight:
1.04kg
Antal Szerb

Antal Szerb was born in Budapest in 1901. Though of Jewish descent, he was baptised at an early age and remained a lifelong Catholic. He rapidly established himself as a formidable scholar, through studies of Ibsen and Blake and histories of English, Hungarian and world literature.

He was a prolific essayist and reviewer, ranging across all the major European languages. Debarred by successive Jewish laws from working in a university, he was subjected to increasing persecution, and finally murdered in a forced labour camp in 1945.

Pushkin Press publishes his novels The Pendragon Legend, Oliver VII and his masterpiece Journey by Moonlight, as well as the historical study The Queen's Necklace and Love in a Bottle and Other Stories.

Henry James

Henry James was born in New York in 1843 and was educated in Europe and America. He left Harvard Law School in 1863, after a year's attendance, to concentrate on writing, and from 1869 he began to make prolonged visits to Europe, eventually settling in England in 1876.

His literary output was prodigious and of the highest quality: more than ten outstanding novels, including The Portrait of a Lady and The American; countless novellas and short stories; as well as innumerable essays, letters, and other pieces of critical prose. Known by contemporary fellow novelists as 'the Master', James died in Kensington, London, in 1916.

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