Serenissima Author:Erica Jong Serinissima is the story of a love so great it bends time out of shape. A novel of Venice today and Venice in its illustrious past, this exquisite tale gives the reader both a compelling portrait of our modern-day film world and a clue to the passions behind Shakespeare's most enigmatic work. — Jessica Pruitt a popular Hollywood actress and a jud... more »ge in the Venice Film Festival senses something mysterious in the air.She begins receiving gifts from an unknown admirer who seems to be beckoning her to leave the narcissistic present and entr the enchanted past.Jessica finds herself at the Grand Canal in the Venice of Shakespeare's time in the sixteenth century.« less