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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... come to an archway , imperfectly stopped up by a rusty old gate - my gate . The rusty old gate has a bell to correspond ... comes , and gives you admittance . You walk into a seedy little garden , all wild and weedy , from which the ...
... come to an archway , imperfectly stopped up by a rusty old gate - my gate . The rusty old gate has a bell to correspond ... comes , and gives you admittance . You walk into a seedy little garden , all wild and weedy , from which the ...
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... come to Italy for niceness , " was the retort ; " one comes for life . Buon giorno ! Buon giorno ! " bowing right and left . " Look at that adorable wine - cart ! How the driver stares at us , dear , simple soul ! " So Miss Lavish ...
... come to Italy for niceness , " was the retort ; " one comes for life . Buon giorno ! Buon giorno ! " bowing right and left . " Look at that adorable wine - cart ! How the driver stares at us , dear , simple soul ! " So Miss Lavish ...
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... come to Venice , a city not easy of access and certainly not easy on the tourist's budget ? What am I doing in St. Mark's Square when I've never met a pigeon that I liked ? What are they doing here — all these people ? Millions come ...
... come to Venice , a city not easy of access and certainly not easy on the tourist's budget ? What am I doing in St. Mark's Square when I've never met a pigeon that I liked ? What are they doing here — all these people ? Millions come ...
Contents
HOMER BIGART | 3 |
HAROLD BRODKEY | 9 |
ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING | 19 |
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