Against Venice

Against Venice by Régis Debray

A beautifully designed new edition of Against Venice, an antidote to the cliches of Venice and an irreverent and witty criticism of the world of parties and palazzo, by Regis Debray, the famous controversial French intellectual who fought alongside Che Guevara. Cover by fashion designer Julie Verhoeven.

Numerous writers have made declarations of love to the Serenissima, but no-one else has so refreshingly shown its vanities and its seduction.

Published by Pushkin Press, Against Venice by Regis Debray is translated from the French by John Howe and has an afterword by the author.

Regis Debray was born in 1941. He travelled widely in Latin America, and accepted a philosophy chair in Havana. He joined Che Guevara's guerrillas in Bolivia, was arrested in 1967 and spent three years in prison. Debray has written prolifically analysing the link between intellectuals, the media and the state.

In his trenchantly written polemic, Debray scorns the tone of elegaic mawkishness in accounts of Venice by the likes of Proust and MorandHis excoriating little pamphlet is a corrective to our self-consciously poetic vapourings about Venice -- Ian Thomson The Sunday Times He can write brilliantly. Debray's mischievous polemic denounces not only the modern tourist but the so-called sophisticate for swooning over a Venice that is little more than a narcissistic reflection of the viewer's own pretensions. Debray is funny, hugely intelligent, immensely quotable and possibly quite insincere -- Nicholas Lezard The Guardian Debray's diatribe is witty and elegant ... he fires off his fusillades with great panache, and I relish his unbuttoned aplomb -- Richard Cork Modern Painters

Régis Debray was born in 1941. He travelled widely in Latin America, and accepted a philosophy chair in Havana. He joined Che Guevara's guerrillas in Bolivia, was arrested in 1967 and spent three years in prison. Debray has written prolifically analysing the link between intellectuals, the media and the state.

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ISBN 13	9781908968883
ISBN 10	1908968885
Title	Against Venice
Author	Régis Debray
Series	Pushkin Collection
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Binding type	Paperback
Publisher	Pushkin Press
Year published	2013-03-02
Number of pages	80
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