VENICE-O-METER 9
Powerful historical novel narrated by the painter Il Tintoretto on his deathbed
The title of the novel is a line from the Italian translation of “Black Rook in Rainy Weather,” by Sylvia Plath. The poem ends like this —
[…]. Miracles occur.
If you care to call those spasmodic
Tricks of radiance
Miracles. The wait’s begun again,
The long wait for the angel,
For that rare, random descent.
Reading Venice 