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7 Great Offbeat Books Set in Venice

7 Great Offbeat Books Set in Venice

by Marta Maretich | May 13, 2015 | The Merchants of Light, Writing and reading

You love Venice, like I do. With your passion for this most passion-inducing of cities, you’ve probably read all the well-known novels set in La Serenissima: Death in Venice, Miss Garnet’s Angel, A Room With a View… These books are terrific, but Venice has been a...
How Tiepolo Created His Frescoes

How Tiepolo Created His Frescoes

by Marta Maretich | Mar 27, 2015 | Painters and painting, The Merchants of Light

One of the great pleasures of researching my novel The Merchants of Light was learning more about the painting techniques used by Giambattista Tiepolo and his contemporaries. It surprised (and pleased) me to discover how little many of these techniques have changed...
The Merchants of Light: The Party of the Book, the Book of the Party

The Merchants of Light: The Party of the Book, the Book of the Party

by Marta Maretich | Mar 19, 2015 | Events, The Merchants of Light, Writing and reading

The afternoon sun began to slant into the salon, sliding its radiance across the surface of the painting…Bonomo had the servant bring another bottle of prosecco. His wife Vittoria soon came in along with some jolly friends of hers and they all joined the...
The Merchants of Light: How the Novel Began

The Merchants of Light: How the Novel Began

by Marta Maretich | Dec 11, 2014 | The Merchants of Light, Writing and reading

We writers love our books—and then they leave us. Adored projects, like The Possibility of Lions, go off into the world and find their own lives, their own friends. It’s what we want for them, just like we want it for our children, and yet their success leaves a...
Painted outline for a novel

Painted outline for a novel

by Marta Maretich | Oct 20, 2014 | Painters and painting, The Merchants of Light, Writing and reading

Watercolor and gouache on watercolor paper with permanent black ink notes. 50 X 40cm. Colors key into the moods of the various part sections and the character of their narrators. My novel, The Merchants of Light, tells the story of a family of painters who lived in...
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