The Politics of Washing
eBook - ePub

The Politics of Washing

Real Life in Venice

  1. 192 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Politics of Washing

Real Life in Venice

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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Information

Publisher
Robert Hale
Year
2013
Print ISBN
9780719808784

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Epigraph
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Acknowledgements
  7. A Short Venetian Glossary
  8. Prologue
  9. PART 1: Getting Away
  10. PART 2: September
  11. PART 3: October
  12. PART 4: November
  13. PART 5: December
  14. PART 6: January
  15. PART 7: February
  16. PART 8: March
  17. PART 9: April
  18. PART 10: May
  19. PART 11: June
  20. Part 12: July
  21. PART 13: August
  22. Epilogue
  23. Copyright