Lino’s Book Club
June 28, July 26 and August 23
10:00 am - 11:30 am
Museum Theater

This summer, you are invited to join Lino’s Book Club. Each month, we will feature a different book that is set in Venice, Italy, hometown of Lino Tagliapietra. Then, on the last Saturday of the month, participants will meet in the Museum Theater for a lively discussion led by Dr. David Francis, diverse discipline instructor at Pratt Fine Arts Center. Dr. Francis will also host an ongoing conversation on a dedicated blog.

Saturday, June 28
The City of Falling Angels by John Berendt is a contemporary non-fiction work that explores aspects of live in Venice, including the fire that destroyed its treasured Fenice Opera House, producing flames that inspired a series of work by aging glass artist Archimede Seguso.

Saturday, July 26th
Through A Glass, Darkly by Donna Leon takes readers inside the secretive island of Murano, home of the world-famous glass factories where the cynical Commissario Brunetti investigates a murder. One of the subjects is an old but very strong glassblower with a volatile temper…

Saturday, August 23
In the Company of the Courtesan by Sarah Dunant is a powerfully descriptive story of Venice in the 1500’s. The seductive courtesan Fiammetta and her quick-witted dwarf companion Bucino encounter a city of temptations and dangerous secrets.

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