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THE AQUATIC LABYRINTH: a Venetian Mystery (a Novel) (English Edition) Formato Kindle

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When Jacopo came back home, he could not have ever imagined that in a few hours he would have found himself running for his life across the most mesmerizing maze ever built, Venice. He would have never believed he would be dragging himself like a wounded animal, breathless and clueless through the alleys and across the canals of the city, desperately trying to solve a murder he did not commit, to find the key of the mysterious labyrinth of events he had entered without even noticing.
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  4. Data di pubblicazione
    20 gennaio 2014
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    4992 KB
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00DFPWECE
  • Editore ‏ : ‎ ARTSEDIMENTS PUBLISHING; 1° edizione (20 gennaio 2014)
  • Lingua ‏ : ‎ Inglese
  • Dimensioni file ‏ : ‎ 4992 KB
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  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supportato
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  • Memo ‏ : ‎ Su Kindle Scribe
  • Lunghezza stampa ‏ : ‎ 327 pagine
  • Recensioni dei clienti:
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Theda
4,0 su 5 stelle Thrilling with a twist!
Recensito in Canada il 15 giugno 2014
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Very good read. Usually reading books without reading the synopsis so in this case it took me a moment to realize that I got caught in a historical criminal story. This effect didn't stop me from being entirely sucked into the story and hardly able to put the book away. I followed the whole story and sometimes even forgot to breath so fascinated have I been. Not only did I enjoy the story very much but, intended or not, the information included in the epilogue got me first confused but then after thinking it over for a while gave me a new perspective on the whole story and raised the experience of this read above average. It's in the context with the rest of the story a little bit like the "6th sense" effect and gave me a whole new viewpoint. Thank you, I am looking forward to your next work.
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Lynn
4,0 su 5 stelle Very well written
Recensito negli Stati Uniti il 24 gennaio 2014
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A good book, very well written and documented. I enjoyed reading it.

It took me two starts to read the book, the first time I put it down early in the book, the second time I picked it up I read through over half the book in one sitting. I love the setting and the author seems very knowledgeable of the city. Maybe a too knowledgeable, I often couldn't keep up with the descriptions or felt like I should go do some research to better understand all the names and histories of the places being mentioned. In fact a lot of the time I was reading the book I felt like an outsider listening to a tale being told amongst people who had better understanding because they had inside knowledge I didn't have.

It still was easy to read (especially if I just glossed over any foreign words I didn't know--unfortunately the ebook I was reading didn't list the glossary in the "go-to" area so I didn't get the benefit of those definitions until I reached the end). The story line was interesting, and the pace of the book kept everything moving. The characters were interesting and related to each other well. In the story line some interesting thoughts emerged and I have a feeling hours/years could be spent on all the philosophical ideas that came up. I really liked Sara's insights and thoughts and if she had her own book expanding and discussing all the different views she had during this story it would be interesting, though probably more work than I want in my normal recreational reading. Sara's story was necessary for the end, but always seemed apart and unnecessary for most of the book. I didn't spend enough time digesting all the different angles to her theories but moved back into the plot following the main character.

All in all this book is a good book to experience the location, the time period, philosophy and maybe even a little culture. The author appears to have great knowledge and has inspired me to do some research and learn more of this area and it's history.
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Petal
4,0 su 5 stelle The Aquatic Labyrinth
Recensito nel Regno Unito il 31 ottobre 2013
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Through an extraordinary turn of events, Jacopo finds himself on the run in Venice, wanted for a murder he didn't commit. As the story unfolds, other characters who will help or hinder Jacopo on his quest to prove his innocence are introduced, including courtesan Veronica and renowned poet and scholar, Sara, both of whom I found intriguing.

This was a highly enjoyable mystery concerning Venice's political and religious society in the post renaissance era. I found the historical references interesting, if at times a little overwhelming, and really enjoyed Jacopo's story once it got into full flow.

The references to Labyrinths were so interesting, my favourite being this revelation from Sara. 'She suddenly understood that a word, any word, is nothing but a metaphor. In fact, a word is something that is used to represent something else, hence by definition, it is a metaphor.' You probably need to read it in context to understand its relevance though.
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Florry D.
5,0 su 5 stelle Amazing historical mystery!
Recensito in Canada il 26 giugno 2014
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Wow! This is an amazing historical mystery that let me understand better how interesting the life in Venice was almost five hundred years ago.
This is a lovely book about power, money, conspiracies, danger on the streets, murders and love stories in that century, Cavalieri di Malta, Kabbalah, Jewish people, noble people, Universe, time, revelations and many secrets of actual interest.
I liked the action and drama in this story, also the whole mystery intrigued me. I guess I liked it most because of the real characters that once lived in Venice, and their mysterious lives. I appreciate the references and the whole information at the end of the book. That was helpful for me.
Thank you for the great book! I would be happy to read another book by Alastair Fontana, because they are well written and page turners!

There are many quotes I found interesting. Here are just some that I want to share:
“Everyone is born one way and stays that way for the rest of his life. Changes are only superficial, never deep.”
“Our soul is given to us on the day of our birth, and we give it back, identical, on the day of our last breath.”
“Uniformity makes things disappear.”
“We are often scared by complexity and we try to avoid it, but in reality the most deadly traps are delightfully simple.”
“Things have to be organized in logical and coherent system in order to make sense.”
“Chaos and randomness are just signs of weakness.”
“A metaphor is an image created by the mind to reduce reality to a simpler form.”
“Ideas are primitive tools, and, in fact, are the most dangerous devices ever invented by the verbal attitude of the human mind.”
“Time is the most incorruptible of the elements, even more so than gold.”
“Power and money have no shame, nor piety.”
“...time is just an illusion, and nothing actually changes.”
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clahain
5,0 su 5 stelle Complex and Lyrical
Recensito negli Stati Uniti il 24 gennaio 2014
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Fair warning: this exquisitely plotted historical murder mystery is as much a philosophical meditation as it is a Whodunit. THE AQUATIC LABYRINTH takes us on a tour of (let's call it) "17th" century Venice in all its beauty, grotesqueness, grandeur and depravity. Author Alastair Fontana populates his fictional world with historical figures from a range of time periods, which might annoy certain purists, but for me made the reality he creates waver like the sun on the Mediterranean. This liquidity fits nicely with the shifting alliances and tangled motives at the bottom of the murders of two public figures with diametrically opposed political affiliations.

Our hero is Jacopo, an outsider from his very conception. His mother was Italian, but his father was an English sailor and therefore not allowed to live in Venice. Though very much in love, the couple spent their lives mostly apart. Jacopo is now a sailor himself. He comes back to Venice to see his sister and meet his future brother-in-law. Matters go awry when the brother-in-law discovers a ceremonial dagger in the street. Only later, as he and Jacopo go to return it, do they notice the dead body of the man they will be accused of murdering. Though Jacopo initially escapes, he refuses to flee the city until he can clear the name of his brother-in-law, now imprisoned and facing torture and execution. Helping Jacopo are a collection of characters taken from every level of Venice's complicated and highly stratified society.

Fontana does a wonderful job building complex, believable characters. Both his male and female creations are set firmly in their particular social strata and yet given such rich inner lives that they stand out as individuals. It is this attention to human detail that made me stick with the story when things went off on more theoretical and philosophical tangents.

The author offers a huge amount of historical detail in the course of his narrative. At the beginning of the book, when I was still feeling my way around and trying to get situated in Fontana's world, I found the period descriptions and explanations a little heavy-handed. As the plot unfolded, however, detail and context melded together almost seamlessly. The novel's roving point of view also took some time to become used to. On top of repeated shifts from first to third person, there's an omniscient voice that seems to be constantly present, watching and commenting. Yet, once I was used to it, I could see how well the multiple voices reflected the complexity of the setting and the characters.The Venice of this novel is one city and many cities. It is both a place AND an idea.

I loved Umberto Eco's THE NAME OF THE ROSE, and THE AQUATIC LABYRINTH has similar depth and resonance. It is well worth having to look up a definition or literary allusion here and there to enjoy such an engrossing experience.
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