Meditative yet pin-sharp: armed with a suitcase of books and half a century of visits to the lagoon, this is a generous and learned homage.
Venice: The Lion, the City and the Water
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Edition:Hardback978152940255103/09/2020From a Bookshelf nearby
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The marvellous Attlee takes us on the journey, through space and time, of one violin, whose voice "was powerful enough to unbuckle joints". Cremona, Russia, Venice, Alpine forests... (Her la... read more
Lev’s Violin: An Italian Adventure
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A hardback re-issue of this anthology. Pieces by Mary McCarthy, Willa Cather, Joan Didion, Vita Sackville-West, M F K Fisher and many others.
The Virago Book Of Women Travellers.
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A remarkable odyssey around the edges of that vast country - through North Korea, China, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, Poland, Latvia, Estonia, Finl... read more
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A delicious anthology of ambling, strolling, pausing, looking, thinking... A feast that combines Joseph Roth and Rebecca Solnit, George Sand and Werner Herzog, Joseph Conrad and Kate Humble,... read more
Sauntering: Writers Walk Europe
Hardback £14.99