This section is dedicated to the culture of travel. Here are reviews of books, films, or other artistic works about the more and less famous cities in the world.
The olympic torch, emblem of unity between peoples
Submitted by Prino on Tue, 04/08/2008 - 08:41.
Fire has been an important element of the Olympic Games ever since they started. According to the legend in fact, it was the Titan Prometheus (he who reflects first) who stole fire from the gods and gave it to man.
John Berendt, The City of Falling Angels, Penguin, 2005.
Submitted by pArticip8 on Wed, 10/31/2007 - 11:49.
Diary of impressions.
The book opens with a tragic event that no lover of Venice will ever forget: the fire at the Fenice. Having arrived in Venice the evening before, John decided to pay homage to the city’s grief.
Frederick Rolfe, alias Baron Corvo, The Desire and Pursuit of the Whole
Submitted by pArticip8 on Wed, 10/31/2007 - 11:41.
A Romance of Modern Venice, written for the most part in 1909, was published in London in 1934.
This posthumous publication was the merit of A.J.A. Symons, also author of The Quest of Corvo. An experiment in biography, 1934.
John Ruskin, Stones of Venice, 1851-1853; paperback, Cosimo Classics, 2007
Submitted by pArticip8 on Wed, 10/31/2007 - 11:28.
