
- 192 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
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.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Epigraph
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- A Short Venetian Glossary
- Prologue
- PART 1: Getting Away
- PART 2: September
- PART 3: October
- PART 4: November
- PART 5: December
- PART 6: January
- PART 7: February
- PART 8: March
- PART 9: April
- PART 10: May
- PART 11: June
- Part 12: July
- PART 13: August
- Epilogue
- Copyright