From the author of Made in Italy comes 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 Maker brings 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 sixteenth-century Venice.
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"I have visited Venice several times and was so drawn into this story as if I was there in that century. While there the gondola intrigued me and this story solved many of my questions…plus! Laura Morelli is a rare art historian that gets the facts into great fantasy/novel. I hope she keeps writing as I wish to keep reading more."
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Ani (5 out of 5 stars)