"Nadat hij te horen heeft gekregen dat hij spoedig zal sterven, stapt een man van middelbare leeftijd op het vliegtuig naar Venetië om nog een poosje van het leven te genieten."
"A rich man with only six months to live takes a solitary holiday in Venice, a town he always liked. The novel follows Thomas Mistler, a New York advertising executive with cancer, in his attempt to seize the day, first with a young photographer, then with an unrequited love of his youth."
"A rich man with only six months to live takes a solitary holiday in Venice, a town he always liked. The novel follows Thomas Mistler, a New York advertising executive with cancer, in his attempt to seize the day, first with a young photographer, then with an unrequited love of his youth."@en
"Un homme riche à qui il ne reste que 6 mois à vivre prend des vacances solitaires à Venise, ville qu'il toujours aimé. L'histoire suit Thomas Mistler, publicitaire new-yorkais atteint d'un cancer, dans sa tentative de saisir l'instant présent, d'abord avec une jeune photographe, ensuite avec un ancien amour de jeunesse."
"A sudden deadly illness forces a Madison Avenue tycoon out of the business world and into a reexamination of his life and the complexities of the heart and personal relationships during an odyssey to Venice."