Thousand Days in Venice - Paperback

from baswood

A well told story of a love affair in Venice. It is the feel for the city and the people that raises this book above the ordinary

from karenpossingham

This is the first in a series of books about Italy, by food writer Marlena De Blasi and describes how the American divorcee arrives in Venice and has romance and lots of delicous food. It is a beautifully written and a very sensual book. You end up having to read it slowly as it feels like a rich...

from amanderson

To continue my travel memoir kick. . . this was a pleasing memoir with a lovely literary style of writing and wonderful descriptions of food and cooking. Good for foodies. The author is an American chef and writer who while staying in Venice meets a "blueberry eyed" Venetian man who looks like Pe...

from tvordj

A recently divorced woman who is a chef and writer and travels to Italy regularly finds herself in Venice in a little cafe. An Italian man saw her in the city the year before and it was love at first sight for him. When he sees her in the cafe, he knows it's fate and contacts her. He speaks littl...

from mlake

A Thousand Days in Venice was not at all the book I was expecting. I love the idea of meeting a stranger in a foreign country and falling in love. I had a harder time imagining myself leaving everything to be with him; allowing him to be in charge because I knew he needed to be (as Marlena does)....