- Paperback: 368 pages
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster; New e. edition (16 Feb 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0671047302
- ISBN-13: 978-0671047306
- Product Dimensions: 21 x 13.4 x 2.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,780,885 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The author describes her passionate love affair with the beautiful city of Venice, her move from New York to the emperiled Italian canal city, her exploration of colorful local sites and landmarks, and her encounters with the colorful Venetian natives. Reprint.
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14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Disappointing,
By A Customer
This review is from: Venetian Dreaming: Finding a Foothold in an Enchanted City (Paperback)
I bought this book simply because I love Venice and it looked promising. However, within a couple of chapters I found myself intensely disliking the author and this grew the further I read on. I would give this book 2 stars for Venice itself - any description of such a beautiful city would be hard to fault. For the narration I would give it zero.
14 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
How not to write a travel book,
By A Customer
This review is from: Venetian Dreaming: Finding a Foothold in an Enchanted City (Paperback)
I bought this book to read because I'm hoping to go to Venice later this year. At the end of it I (a) wondered if I really wanted to go at all, and (b) actively disliked the author. It's full of turgid prose, a great many excrutiating details (included, I suspect, to pad out the length of the book) and some very dull descriptions of one of the most beautiful cities in the world. Her treatment of Venice is only slightly less objectionable than her treatment of the people she met there. The book is full of complaints about named individuals who, no matter how awful they actually were, cannot possibly have deserved this treatment. Was it written for revenge? If so, the only person she belittles is herself. I kept reading in the hope it would get better but in vain. It's a brilliant example of how not to write a travel book.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Somewhere in the middle,
By Gus "Gus" (Winchester, Hampshire United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Venetian Dreaming: Finding a Foothold in an Enchanted City (Paperback)
How much you enjoy this book rather depends upon where you are coming from. It is inclined to be a little smug and the author obviously moves in rather different circles than most of us - but on the other hand isn't that why we read this type of book in the first place? Sure, there are some occasions in the book when I wince at her approach to life but not enough to stop reading. Some of the "excruciating details" I found rather fascinating and there is no doubting the passion that Weideger brings to her book. If you are looking for tourist information then look elsewhere, but if you might be interested in a quirky account of living in an historic and beautiful city then read this. At least it doesn't suffer from the over the syrupy creative writing style of some other American writers who have spent rather too long under the Tuscan Sun!
Incidentally, am I alone in thinking there is more than a passing resemblance between the author and Gene Wilder as evidenced by the cover photo?
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