Against Venice
By Regis Debray
Translated by John Howe
By Regis Debray
Translated by John Howe
Part of Pushkin Collection
Category: Humor | Essays & Literary Collections | Travel Writing
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Apr 02, 2013 | ISBN 9781782270454
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Praise
“In his trenchantly written polemic, Debray scorns the tone of elegaic mawkishness in accounts of Venice by the likes of Proust and Morand. His excoriating little pamphlet is a corrective to our self-consciously poetic vapourings about Venice.” - Ian Thomson, Sunday Times
“He can write brilliantly. Debray’s mischievous polemic denounces not only the modern tourist but the so-called sophisticate for swooning over a Venice that is little more than a narcissistic reflection of the viewer’s own pretensions. Debray is funny, hugely intelligent, immensely quotable and possibly quite insincere.” – Nicholas Lezard, Guardian
“Debray’s diatribe is witty and elegant … he fires off his fusillades with great panache, and I relish his unbuttoned aplomb.” – Richard Cork, Modern Painters
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