Venice An Interior

<p><b>An essential companion for every traveller to Venice this is the hidden city revealed in a gorgeous non-fiction account by one of Europe's greatest living writers Javier Mar&#237;as</b><br><br>Century after century the essence of Venice is unchanging. It is a place of contradictions equal parts glamour and chaos. As a young man Javier Mar&#237;as made the city his home; since then he has left and returned many times drawn back to its labyrinth of blind alleys its pearly green canals its imagined spaces.<br><br>His love affair with the city has lasted over thirty years - he has traced every inch of its endless interior has lived among the Venetians and lived apart from them. In <i>Venice An Interior</i> Mar&#237;as sets out to uncover the heart of this strange and enchanting place.</p>