The Glassblower of Murano - Marina Fiorato
The Glassblower
of Murano
Marina Fiorato
For Conrad, Ruby and, most of all, Sacha; you are all in this book somewhere.
CHAPTER 1
The Book
As Corradino Manin looked on the lights of San Marco for the last time, Venice from the lagoon seemed to him a golden constellation in the dark blue velvet dusk. How many of those windowpanes, that adorned his city like costly gems, had he made with his own hands? Now they were stars lit to guide him at the end of the journey of his life. Gu ...