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Daunt Books Children's Short Story Competition 2013

Venice

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  The Stones of Venice by John Ruskin

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  A careful selection of John Ruskin's famously wonderful essays on Venice.

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  Venice PopOut Map by Berlitz

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  A handy pop-out map of Venice, perfect for slipping in your pocket for a stroll around the city.

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  Don't Look Now and Other Stories by Daphne du Maurier

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  Perhaps the most terrifying and haunting story ever penned, 'Don't Look Now' renders Venice an eerie and spectral backdrop to a magnificently chilling exploration of grief. 'Not After Midnight' and 'The Breakthrough', also included here among others, are equally potent.

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  A History of Venice by John Julius Norwich

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  Modestly titled, this is as far as we are concerned the only history of Venice worth reading. Norwich approaches his subject with great knowledge and passion, and tells its story with consummate skill. Monumental in scope, rich in detail and brilliant in execution, this is a truly fine book.

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  The Stones of Florence / Venice Observed by Mary McCarthy

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  Two fantastically rich portraits of two great cities, in which the considerable artistic and architectural splendours of the past persist in the daily spectacle of carnival and commerce. The quality of McCarthy's writing is astonishing - utterly hypnotic - and it cannot be recommended highly enough.

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  The Law by Roger Vailland

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  A scintillating, sensual novel of immoral behaviour and criminality played out in the taverns of southern Italy. Underrated French novelist won the 1957 Prix Goncourt for this, his finest achievement.

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  Journey by Moonlight by Antal Szerb

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  A 20th century classic from the Hungarian master. On honeymoon in Venice, Mihaly soon finds his marriage, and then his whole existence, spinning swiftly out of control. Accidentally abandoning his wife at a provincial railway station he embarks on an existential journey across Italy. Funny, atmospheric and deftly plotted, this is one of our favourites.