Italy in Mind: An AnthologyAlice Leccese Powers Comprising short stories, novel excerpts, essays, journal entries, letters, and poetry. Italy in Mind captures all the contradictions of the Italian scene: enduring tradition and trendy consumerism, ravishing landscapes and urban sprawl, demonic bureaucracy and unvanquishable human warmth. Each entry is accompanied by a biography of the author, and the entire collection is preceded by a lively introduction by editor Alice Leccese Powers. The result is a work of enchantment, a tribute both to Italy and to generations of literary travelers. |
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Page 111
... asked . " He comes out for his holiday to Italy , and behaves — like that ; like the little child who ought to have been playing , and who hurt himself upon the tombstone . Eh ? What did you say ? " Lucy had made no suggestion ...
... asked . " He comes out for his holiday to Italy , and behaves — like that ; like the little child who ought to have been playing , and who hurt himself upon the tombstone . Eh ? What did you say ? " Lucy had made no suggestion ...
Page 197
... asked her not to . The apartment was nicely in order . Though the phone rang , as usual , daily at three , only seldom did she leave the house after she had talked to Armando . Then one dismal morning Rosa came to the professor and in ...
... asked her not to . The apartment was nicely in order . Though the phone rang , as usual , daily at three , only seldom did she leave the house after she had talked to Armando . Then one dismal morning Rosa came to the professor and in ...
Page 219
... asked me to light the candles and I replied , in my best Italian , “ Dov'è il semaforo ? " Everyone laughed because I'd asked for the traffic lights . The table was spread with cheese and tomatoes and Tuscan bread and salami . Though we ...
... asked me to light the candles and I replied , in my best Italian , “ Dov'è il semaforo ? " Everyone laughed because I'd asked for the traffic lights . The table was spread with cheese and tomatoes and Tuscan bread and salami . Though we ...
Contents
HOMER BIGART | 3 |
HAROLD BRODKEY | 9 |
ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING | 19 |
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