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The Politics of Washing: Real Life in Venice
By Polly Coles
| ISBN: | 9780719808784 |
| PUBLISHED: | 29/03/2013 |
| PAGES: | 192 |
| BINDING: | Paperback |
| SIZE: | 211x137 mm |
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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 to 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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