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  • Paperback: 160 pages
  • Publisher: Serpent's Tail (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 (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 69,239 in Books (See Bestsellers 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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4.0 out of 5 stars Venetian Venice, 20 Feb 2009
By Andrew Wright (suffolk, uk) - See all my reviews
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'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'.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Not as good as it sounded, 9 Oct 2009
By Mrs. M. Thomson (Scotland) - See all my reviews
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Reviews made this sound brilliant, and it was, in a few odd phrases here and there but it was otherwise disappointing - and short! It seems like a piece of journalism given too much puff. Compared to Jan Morris's classic it gets nowhere. As a cultural introduction to Venice it would merely confuse. As an occasionally amusing squib to be forgotten as soon as read, ok.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Recommended with a caveat !, 31 Aug 2009
By L. Williams "lucysureoffoot" (London, England) - See all my reviews
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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. I know Venice well so for me it offered beautiful little flourishes and unusual details. Thus the book is better suited to those who know the city and/ or understand basic Italian or even a few words of Veneziano . A glossary of terms is really vital for non- Italian readers and should be added to any new editions of Venice is A Fish.
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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.
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