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A dreamlike meditation on memory, food, paintings, a fond uncle and the improbable beauty of Bologna, from the visionary thinker and art critic.
Title: The Red Tenda of Bologna
Original: The Red Tenda of Bologna
Category: Novella
Author: John Berger
Publisher: Penguin Books
Year: 2018
Pgs: 64
Weight: 0.06 kg
ISBN: 978-0-241-33901-5
This book is in English
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'It's an improbable city, Bologna - like one you might walk through after you have died.'
A dreamlike meditation on memory, food, paintings, a fond uncle and the improbable beauty of Bologna, from the visionary thinker and art critic.
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