Venice, its landscapes, its atmospheres. Who in the world didn’t dream of a gondola ride, of a sunset on the lagoon, of a night in Venice? Well, the plot of this novel takes place in that very scenery and its deep meaning is something unforgettable.
There is A girl who has just graduated, with the dream of becoming a prominent journalist; a newspaper, The Voice of the Shadows, put together as best as possible by new journalism graduates to try to make ends meet, with the ambitious goal of entering the information elite; and there is Omar Xantios, a famous and mature South American orchestra conductor, which is in his Venetian tour, and whose past is surrounded by a mystery regarding his controversial role in South America, during the political upheavals in his country. These are the ingredients of the engaging story, unfolding in the magical triangle existing among Verona, Treviso and Venice. Chiara needs to interview the great music Maestro to publish the weekly article, or the newspaper risks failing, but things don’t go as expected. In fact, Omar Xantios does not grant interviews. So, at the newspaper, with great difficulty, they manage to allocate a sum, which will allow Chiara to stay at least one night in the same, very luxurious hotel where Maestro Xantios is staying in Venice. Descriptions and atmospheres are the amazing frame of the involving story.
Sensations, emotions, happiness and despair, the whole range of the deepest human feelings, that’s what you’ll find reading this book, which is the first of the literary series Scent of Italy. A series whose books can be read independently, because they are different stories and not connected to each other.
Cover photo courtesy of the author, the Italian photographer
Matteo Angeloni http://matteoangeloni.it
SCENT OF ITALY LITERARY SERIES:
THAT SUDDEN NIGHT IN VENICE is the first novel of the three that will make up the literary series Scent of Italy.
UPCOMING NOVELS:
RACHELE’S CHILD, an involving thriller whose settings are on the enchanting coast to the north of Rome, between sea, mountains and Etruscan antiquities
THOSE STRANGE GIRLS, a spy thriller completely set in the magical district of Rome, the Coppedè