- Paperback: 160 pages
- Publisher: Serpent's Tail; UK First Edition; 1st printing. edition (14 Feb 2008)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1852429534
- ISBN-13: 978-1852429539
- Product Dimensions: 17.4 x 12 x 1.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 610,613 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Erica Jong
Venice is a Fish is a gorgeous tribute to one of the strangest and most beautiful cities on Earth. Was it Henry James or Mary McCarthy who said, 'There is nothing new to say about Venice"? Tiziano Scarpa has proved them both wrong'.
Independent on Sunday
Scarpa's approach is from the soul, not the mind. [This book] says more about Venice than you'd ever imagine.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Some interesting information which can lead the reader to interesting places not seen in other books. Calle del Paradiso for example. I did find the "style" rather grating.
Format:Paperback
This is a short book... And small with lots of white space so it can be read in just over an hour. An interesting book without much substance.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
'Venice is a Fish' is an unusual book about Venice written by a native, Tiziano Scarpa. It makes no attempt to be a comprehensive guide to the city; instead, it chooses to focus on aspects of the place that interest the author, who organises his material under chapter-titles that mostly refer to the sensory organs (eyes, mouth, etc). And this, for the most part, works. The curious title of the book expresses the author's view that, on a map (one is included in the book), his native city looks much like a sole.
The author clearly knows a lot about Venice and any reader, however knowledgeable about La Serenissima, will find much to enchant her/him in this book (exotic things such as a sculpture that threatens to defeacate on books as well as more mundane items like the origin of 'ciao'). If the translation is anything to go by, Scarpa is an able writer. The book has a bibliography but this will be of very limited use to a non-Italian/Veneziano reader; it is a shame the author did not try to compile a suitable list for monoglot English readers. And the work is padded out at the end with the inclusion of material on Venice by other writers such as de Maupassant, Scarpa himself and a Brazilian. I failed to see the point of this.
But, if you know Venice (or think you do), read 'Venice is a Fish'.
The author clearly knows a lot about Venice and any reader, however knowledgeable about La Serenissima, will find much to enchant her/him in this book (exotic things such as a sculpture that threatens to defeacate on books as well as more mundane items like the origin of 'ciao'). If the translation is anything to go by, Scarpa is an able writer. The book has a bibliography but this will be of very limited use to a non-Italian/Veneziano reader; it is a shame the author did not try to compile a suitable list for monoglot English readers. And the work is padded out at the end with the inclusion of material on Venice by other writers such as de Maupassant, Scarpa himself and a Brazilian. I failed to see the point of this.
But, if you know Venice (or think you do), read 'Venice is a Fish'.
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Venice of the senses - poetry in motion
This book is a short, personal perspective on Venice from a Venetian, using the senses as starting points. I found it fascinating. Read more
Published 20 months ago by justme
Not as good as it sounded
Reviews made this sound brilliant, and it was, in a few odd phrases here and there but it was otherwise disappointing - and short! Read more
Published on 9 Oct 2009 by Mrs. M. Thomson
Recommended with a caveat !
I found Tiziano's book a poetic and fresh attempt to 'portray' a city which has been mightily over- represented in art, photography and film. Read more
Published on 31 Aug 2009 by L. Williams
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