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Watteau in Venice (French: La fête à Venise) is a novel by French author Philippe Sollers published in 1991 by Editions Gallimard, later translated into English by Alberto Manguel, and then published in 1994 by Charles Scribner's Sons.
Sollers's other novels include Women (1983), Portrait du joueur (1984), Le coeur absolu (1986), Watteau in Venice (1991), Studio (1997), Passion fixe (2000), and L'étoile des amants (2002), which introduced a degree of realism to his fiction, in that they make more explicit use of plot, character, and thematic development. They offer the ...
Jean-Antoine Watteau (UK: / ˈ w ɒ t oʊ /, US: / w ɒ ˈ t oʊ /, French: [ʒɑ̃ ɑ̃twan vato]; baptised October 10, 1684 – died July 18, 1721) was a French painter and draughtsman whose brief career spurred the revival of interest in colour and movement, as seen in the tradition of Correggio and Rubens.
Jun 1, 1995 · Doyle, T. D. (1995). Philippe Sollers, Watteau in Venice. International Fiction Review, 22 (1 and 2). Retrieved from https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/IFR/article/view/14380. More Citation Formats.
- T. Douglas Doyle
- 1995
Venetian Village is a census-designated place (CDP) in Lake County, Illinois, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 2,761.
Jan 1, 2001 · Watteau in Venice. Philippe Sollers. 3.26. 39 ratings4 reviews. The narrator, a corrupt French intellectual, awaits orders for the disposal of a stolen painting by Watteau. Genres France Fiction. 240 pages, Hardcover. First published January 1, 1991. Book details & editions. About the author. Philippe Sollers. 151 books73 followers.
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Pierre Froissart, a French writer who has turned his hand to smuggling stolen art (in this case, a Watteau), is passing languid days in a Venetian villa with a beauteous physics student, Luz, while he awaits orders for the completion of the deal.
