Friday, June 09, 2006

Watermark- Joseph Brodsky


A book of 48 tiny chapters about Brodsky's impressions of Venice.

Let me reiterate: water equals time and provides beauty with its double. By rubbing water, this city improves time's looks, beautifies the future. That's what the role of this city in the universe is.

He sees it through the eyes of a poet. Beautiful language describes the water, the sun, the winding streets. A tiny gem.

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