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In the old Ghetto in Venice, there is a tiny little bookshop with both Italian and English used books. Every time I have visited I have found gems there. Like Venice, the Enchanted Mirror which I bought the 13th of July 2011. I know, because I have written it on the first page in the books.
The book has the charming subtitle, A Bedside Companion and in it, the author Alain Buisine takes us on a "series of unconventional tours to the very heart of Venice and its raison d´être: its colour"
As the subtitle claim, this is a bedside book. It is on my bedside for the moment, and every night I go to bed with the colours of this city of my heart. Just listen to some of the chapter titles: Lustruous bronze, Parrot feathers, The colours of music, Venetian blonde, Brocades.......and so it goes on :-)