The Politics of Washing [electronic resource] : Real Life in Venice
Coles, Polly2013
eBook
Find it!
This is the story of ordinary life in an extraordinary place. The beautiful city of Venice has been a fantasy land for people from around the globe for centuries, but what is it like to live there? To move house by boat, to get a child with a broken leg to hospital or set off for school one morning only to find that the streets have become rivers and the playground is a lake full of sewage? When Polly Coles and her family left England for Venice, they discovered a city caught between modern and ancient life - where the locals still go on an annual pilgrimage to give thanks for the end of the Black Death; where schools are housed in renaissance palaces and your new washing machine can only be delivered on foot. This is a city perilously under siege from tourism, but its people refuse to give it up - indeed, they love it with a passion.
The Politics of Washing is a fascinating window into the world of ordinary Venetians and the strange and unique place they call home.
Main title:
Author:
Coles, Polly, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Robert Hale, 2013
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
System details:
Mode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9780719809934
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2837110
Electronic access:
More Information: