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Adira ao LibraryThing para descobrir se irá gostar deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. This was part of a box of books I was given by my neighbour, and as I'd previously read A Thousand Days in Tuscany, I was interested to read how de Blasi's story began. When I first picked up A Thousand Days in Tuscany it was billed as 'romantic' but was not at all romantic (beyond the romance of living in Tuscany); it was far more about her and her husband's work on their land and home and I found it more interesting than I expected. So when I saw this one touted as romantic as well, I took it with a grain of salt. Turns out this one is all about the romance. How she met her husband on a trip to Venice and had sold everything back home and married him within the year. This might seem implausible to a lot of readers, but as I met MT, sold everything and moved to AU within 10 months, I'm not one of those people. Our beginnings, however, weren't nearly as romantic; I suspect the setting had a lot to do with that. Exotic (for me, anyway), but definitely not Venice-Italy-romantic. (This might sound like a wistful complaint; it's not - I do not have a romantic bone in my body.) So, generally, I did not enjoy this one as much. I mean, I enjoyed the Venice bits, of course, but reading about her romance and her struggles to fit in to an entirely new culture, while getting to know her new husband were, even though they felt very realistic, not really my cuppa. Reading this did leave me with a very strong hankering for pasta though. Three guesses what we had for dinner. ;) I'd picked this up not expecting too much if the first chapters didn't capture my attention. I was greatly surprised that the writing was so good, I kept up reading till the end. A memoir of a long divorced woman, with now grown adult children, who meets a man in Venice during a working visit. They fall in love, she lets herself fall in love with the city and so book moves on from there. Touted as a romance, it definitely has an emphasis on the romantic elements of love and Venetian impressions that everyone wants to claim as their own. De Blasi is a gourmet food writer so everything has great detail, not just the food and its presentation. Most men wouldn't go for this book, but I really enjoyed the display of writing talent and ability to reflect on ones own life so well. Women will love this, and I hope they would pick it up. If you have never been to Venice, this will not interest you. If you have, then you'll look forward to the time you'll be surprised by de Balsi's way with words. Born Catholic and married in one of the many Venetian Roman Catholic Churches, she makes it seem only natural to so. Her husband was educated by the Jesuits and isn't proud of that, but what are you going to do? Only two printing errors: Taught for taut, and Ascension mistaken for Assumption. Still worth the time comparing your own memories of that great place with those of de Balsi's. sem críticas | adicionar uma crítica
Pertence a SérieA Thousand Days (1-2) Pertence à Série da EditoraGallimard, Folio (5257) Serie Piper (5203)
Fernando first sees Marlena across the Piazza San Marco and falls in love from afar. When he sees her again in a Venice caf#65533; a year later, he knows it is fate. He knows little English; she, a divorced American chef traveling through Italy, speaks only food-based Italian. Marlena thought she was done with romantic love, incapable of intimacy. Yet within months of their first meeting, she has quit her job, sold her house in St. Louis, kissed her two grown sons good-bye, and moved to Venice to marry "the stranger," as she calls Fernando. This deliciously satisfying memoir is filled with the foods and flavors of Italy and peppered with culinary observations and recipes. But the main course here is an enchanting true story about a woman who falls in love with both a man and a city, and finally finds the home she didn't even know she was missing. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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Auch wenn Venedig sofort eine besondere Faszination auf Marlena ausübt, ist die amerikanische Chefköchin und Food-Journalistin nur eine von vielen Touristinnen. Das denkt sie zumindest an diesem 6. November 1993. Doch weniger als ein Jahr später hat die geschiedene Mutter von zwei erwachsenen Kindern ihr Haus in den USA verkauft, ihre gesicherte Existenz aufgegeben, und ist mit dem Venezianer Fernando verheiratet, lebt mit ihm in seiner Wohnung auf dem Lido di Venezia. Gleichzeitig mit dem Erkunden einer ihr, abgesehen von Lebensmittel-affinen Ausdrücken, fremden Sprache, macht sie sich daran, ihren Ehemann Fernando, den Lido, und dann auch Venedig zu erkunden, immer begleitet von ihrer Begeisterung für frische Lebensmittel vom Markt und genussvolles Kochen in einer Küche fernab von den Standards, die ihr in Amerika zur Verfügung standen.
Thema und Genre
Dieser biografische Roman erzählt von einer romantischen Liebe am Beginn der zweiten Lebenshälfte und einem spontanen, sehr mutigen Neubeginn. Natürlich geht es auch um den besonderen Zauber und Charme der Stadt Venedig, um die Menschen, die dort seit Generationen leben, und immer wieder um genussvolles Essen.
Charaktere
Marlena ist eine selbstständige Frau, als alleinerziehende Mutter daran gewöhnt, ihre Probleme selbst zu regeln. Fernando lebte bisher ein wenig aufregendes Single-Leben als Bankangestellter, doch als typischer Italiener sieht er es als seine Aufgabe, nun alles für seine Frau zu regeln, manchmal auch gegen ihre Wünsche. “The stranger“, so nennt Marlena ihren Fernando, denn sie wissen kaum mehr voneinander, als dass sie die Liebe ihres Lebens gefunden haben.
Erzählform und Sprache
Marlena de Blasi ist die Ich-Erzählerin dieser Geschichte, die ihre persönlichen Erinnerungen, Erlebnisse und Eindrücke mit uns teilt. Es handelt sich um einen biografischen Unterhaltungsroman, charmant, humorvoll und locker erzählt. Dennoch ist es kein romantisch-verklärtes Liebesmärchen, offen schreibt sie über ihre Probleme, mit denen sie besonders in den ersten Monaten, aber auch danach immer wieder konfrontiert ist. Am Ende der Geschichte finden wir einige ihrer Lieblingsrezepte und Tipps für Venedig-Besuche, acht Punkte „How to Fall in Love in Venice“, und die Adressen ihrer Lieblingsrestaurants, Bars und Geschäfte.
Fazit
Hier schreibt jemand, der Venedig inzwischen wirklich kennt, über den großen Obst-, Gemüse-. Fisch-Markt bei der Rialto-Brücke, versteckte Ecken, kleine Lokale, und über Menschen, die, zunächst verschlossen gegenüber dieser etwas exzentrischen Fremden, bald zu Freunden werden. Eine unterhaltsame Romanbiografie, die ich in der englischen Originalfassung mit Vergnügen gelesen habe. ( )