[bookshare-discuss] Re: Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evill
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 17:27:42 -0700 (PDT)
Thanks for the info, Lissi. I'll check it out.
Cindy
--- Estelnalissi <airadil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Dear Cindy, Mary and Everyone,
>
> I thought Midnight was off beat and intriguing, too.
>
> Just thought you might be interested to know that
> John Berendt has written
> another book called, "City of Fallen Angels." I hear
> it's well written, but
> is a different kind of book without a central murder
> plot and memorable
> characters, like Chablis.
>
> This book is about the city of Venice, known as the
> city in the ocean. Our
> tendency in America is to bull doze historic
> buildings and replace them with
> condos or trendy shopping complexes. After Katrina,
> many city planners are
> euphemistically talking about deconstructing New
> Orleans. It's a unique city
> and I'd be sad to see it deconstructed.
>
> Venice has survived below sea level despite floods,
> plague and other
> catastrophes for 1500 years, and what about Holland?
> Anyway in this book
> Berendt describes the Venice tourists don't see. He
> also describes the
> tragic fire which burned down the magnificent opera
> house in 1996, and it's
> rebuilding. Like New Orleans, Venice was known to be
> a city, a place to
> party, kind of trashy, but exciting and beautiful.
> The survival of Venice
> could inspire us not to give up on New Orleans.
>
> There are so many good books out there!
>
> Always With Love,
>
> Lissi
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 2:10 AM
> Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: Evening in the
> palace of reason
>
>
> >I don't know about the book, but I love the title-
> the
> > way it scans (poetically)--like Midnight in the
> Garden
> > of Good and Evil. I enjoyed that book, too, and
> the
> > movie, even though the critics didn't. It's in the
> > collection, inc ase anyone's interested.
> >
> > Cindy
> >
> >
> > On your recommendation that it's a terrific book
> I'll
> > add it to my list of books toread.
> >
> >
> > --- Brian Miller <brian-r-miller@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> This is a terrific book. I bought it and scanned
> >> it, meaning to upload it to the site, and never
> got
> >> around to it -- I'm glad someone else thought of
> it.
> >> Cheers,
> >> Brian Miller
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: Comcast Mail
> >> To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2005 12:10 PM
> >> Subject: [bookshare-discuss] just submitted
> >> Evening in the palace of reason
> >>
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >> I just submitted Evening in the Palace of
> reason
> >> by James R. gaines. It was an excellent scan and
> >> should be an easy validation. It's in rtf format.
> I
> >> have to read this book for my music history class
> >> and noticed that it was on the wish list page.
> I'm
> >> glad that someone else needs or wants to read it
> >> too. Enjoy! Mary
> >
> >
> >
> >
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