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ID: 535020
Title: Gondola Maker
Author: Laura Morelli
Narrator: Edoardo Camponeschi
Format: Unabridged
Length: 08:05:13
Language: English
Release date: 07-14-21
Publisher: Findaway Voices
Genres: Fiction & Literature, Historical Fiction
Summary:
From the author ofMade in Italycomes a tale of artisanal tradition and family bonds set in one of the world's most magnificent settings: Renaissance Venice.
Venetian gondola-maker Luca Vianello considers his whole life arranged. His father charted a course for his eldest son from the day he was born, and Luca is positioned to inherit one of the city's most esteemed boatyards. But when Luca experiences an unexpected tragedy in the boatyard, he believes that his destiny lies elsewhere. Soon, he finds himself drawn to restore an antique gondola with the dream of taking a girl for a ride.
The Gondola Makerbrings the centuries-old art of gondola making to life in the tale of a young man's complicated relationship with his master-craftsman father. Lovers of historical fiction will appreciate the authentic details of gondola craftsmanship, along with an intimate first-person narrative set against the richly textured backdrop of 16th-century Venice.
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