Venice Noir

The identity of Venice, Queen of the Adriatic, is inseparable from the waters of the lagoon by which she is surrounded and from which she rises like a mirage. When it might seem that everything there is to say about this endlessly captivating city has already been said, the Venetian-born writer Isabella Panfido adopts a circumventory approach. Avoiding the obvious, escaping the crowds, she takes us on an exploration of those waters that since time immemorial have been Venice's refuge and defence, visiting some of its many islands, and introducing us to the elusive magic and their well-kept secrets. We learn of haunting illusions created by the peculiar geography of the lagoon under certain conditions.