The Politics of Washing (eBook)

Real Life in Venice

Polly Coles (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2013
192 Seiten
Robert Hale (Verlag)
978-0-7198-0993-4 (ISBN)

Infos

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.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 30.4.2013
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber
• Themenwelt: Reisen ► Reiseberichte
• Themenwelt: Reisen ► Reiseführer
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• ISBN-10: 0-7198-0993-2 / 0719809932
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7198-0993-4 / 9780719809934