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The Venice Experiment: A Year Of Trial And Error Living Abroad (2011)

by Barry Frangipane(Favorite Author)

3.63 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0983614105 (ISBN13: 9780983614104)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Savory Adventures Publishing

review 1: This guy is NOT a good writer, and he is not very original nor inventive. Both Kent and I got this independently (me from the library; Kent actually bought it from Amazon). I'm sure we were both interested because the year-long adventure in Venice WE are about to undertake but I've been following some wonderful Venice-related blogs over the past few years such as this. ..far superior. What particularly annoyed me after while was the SEARCH for things NOT Venice - his wife seems insistent on cooking 'american' including a turkey for gosh sakes. What was that. She's supposed to LOVE Venice so much..too coy/cute/ ANNOYING for words..well, I did take a few.There are so many silly 'surprises' - electricity, acqua alta, ground floor apartments...you just want to slap them ... morebeside the head to get their attention. And these were people who have stayed in Venice for a month at a a time previously. Enough. I read it. Its not in my 'library' of things Venice.
review 2: I'm about halfway through this book. So far it is interesting, but the author's treatment of his wife leaves a bit to be desired. He just comes across as clueless and annoying, showing little care for her dealing with hurricanes and being stranded. They also display a fair level of irritating American-ness, what with the emphasis on finding an oven. If no one in Venice uses an oven, then why wouldn't you, if you're trying to have an authentic experience, do as the locals do, and cook on the stove top instead? Besides these minor issues, the book is fine. It's not setting my hair on fire, but it's readable, as far as memoirs go. less

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