"This book valiantly shows why Venice—crossroads of civilization, art and commerce, eternal place of love—cannot be allowed to perish."
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Diane von Furstenberg, Vice Chairman, Venetian Heritage Council
“Fabre’s unexpectedly touching novel has a laugh of its own behind its low-key, smoothly translated narrative voice … The city it evokes isn’t the Paris of tourists but of local people.”
The New York Times