Partita in Venice

by Curt Leviant

Book Overview

Fiction. In Curt Leviant's new tragic-comic novel, PARTITA IN VENICE, "we follow Tommy M., who has written speeches for some Very Important People, in his so-suave, so-certain sophistication toward his so-boorish, so-certain downfall. As Tommy becomes more uncertain...we become more certain. A doom stretching straight from Grecian times is after you, Tommy, isn't it? And all your male nonchalance and coy humor won't help the least when its lone, fine...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0942979648
• ISBN13: 9780942979640
• Release Date: November 1999
• Publisher: Livingston Press (AL)
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

A magical mystery tour

"Partita in Venice" is a tour de force, a carnival of language and feeling, both light and intense -- and immensely satisfying. It tells (at least) two love stories and -- not least at all -- of the love of Venice. Highly recommended for anyone who loves language and Venice -- and music, too, which is a recurring motif.