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Venedig. Der Löwe, die Stadt und das Wasser

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Venedig. Der Löwe, die Stadt und das WasserDas erste Mal, 1964, in Gesellschaft einer jungen Frau. Dann, 1982, mit dem Orientexpress. Erst beim zehnten Mal das Wagnis: eine Gondelfahrt. Und schlielich, 2018, kappt ein heftiger Sturm die einzige Landverbindung zwischen der Stadt und dem Rest der Welt und sorgt dafr, dass der Gast lnger bleibt als geplant. Cees Nootebooms Liebe zu Venedig, dieser absurden Kombination von Macht, Geld, Genie und groer Kunst, dauert nun schon ber 50 Jahre an. Viele

Das erste Mal, 1964, in Gesellschaft einer jungen Frau. Dann, 1982, mit dem Orientexpress. Erst beim zehnten Mal das Wagnis: eine Gondelfahrt. Und schließlich, 2018, kappt ein heftiger Sturm die einzige Landverbindung zwischen der Stadt und dem Rest der Welt und sorgt dafür, dass der Gast länger bleibt als geplant. Cees Nootebooms Liebe zu Venedig, dieser »absurden Kombination von Macht, Geld, Genie und großer Kunst«, dauert nun schon über 50 Jahre an. Viele Male hat er die Stadt besucht, wohnt in prachtvollen Hotels und düsteren Apartments, huldigt den Malern und Schriftstellern, die hier lebten und arbeiteten, beobachtet den drohenden Ausverkauf Venedigs ebenso wie das Verhalten der Bewohner und Besucher: klug und selbstironisch, fast zärtlich. Der große niederländische Autor und Reisende Cees Nooteboom stellt sich die Frage: »Weshalb liebe ich diesen Ort mehr als andere Orte?« In seinen Texten aus drei Jahrzehnten gibt er die Antwort - und setzt Venedig, La Serenissima, ein Denkmal von ungeheurer Strahlkraft. »An dem Tag, an dem Venedig unter Wasser verschwindet, steigen all die Marmorlöwen auf wie ein tödliches Geschwader, ein letztes Mal noch fliegen sie mit dem Geräusch von hundert Kampfflugzeugen um den Campanile und ziehen dann, einer mächtigen Sonnenfinsternis gleich, über die Lagune hinweg.«

EAN: 9783518428542
Farbverschnitt: Generell werden die Bücher ohne Farbverschnitt geliefert, auch wenn die Abbildungen einen Farbverschnitt zeigen.
Erscheinungsjahr: 09.04.2019
Produktform: Leinen, Gebunden
Autoren: Nooteboom, Cees
Fotograph: Sassen, Simone
Übersetzung: Beuningen, Helga Van
Seitenzahl/Blattzahl: 240
Abbildungen: 24 farbige Abbildungen
Keyword: Ausverkauf der Städte; Das Paradies ist nebenan; Mondello International Prize; Niederländische Literatur; Philip und die anderen; Prijs der Nederlandse Letteren; Reiseberichte; Reiseerzählungen; Reiseliteratur; Reiseschriftsteller; Venedig
Fachschema: Venedig / Roman, Erzählung~Reisebericht~Reisebericht - Reisebeschreibung~Reisetagebuch~Venedig~Niederlande / Roman, Erzählung~Benelux / Niederlande~Holland~Niederlande
Fachkategorie: Literarische Essays~Belletristik: allgemein und literarisch~Reiseberichte, Reiseliteratur, Memoiren, Berichte/Erinnerungen
Region: Venedig~Niederlande
Thema: Eintauchen, Entspannen
Text Sprache: ger
Originalsprache: dut
Verlag: Suhrkamp Verlag AG, Suhrkamp
Länge: 221 mm
Breite: 141 mm
Höhe: 22 mm
Gewicht: 491 gr
Genre: Belletristik
Herkunftsland: DEUTSCHLAND (DE)
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