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 97
... dark canal that runs under the Bridge of Sighs — its blackness lit up by a gaslight here and there , and the plash of the oar of blackest gondola slowly advancing . From Venice to Vernona and Milan . We left Milan for Como on a fine ...
... dark canal that runs under the Bridge of Sighs — its blackness lit up by a gaslight here and there , and the plash of the oar of blackest gondola slowly advancing . From Venice to Vernona and Milan . We left Milan for Como on a fine ...
Page 123
... dark keeping the wind in my face . The rain had stopped and only came occasionally in gusts . It was very dark , and the wind was cold . I could see Catherine in the stern but I could not see the water where the blades of the oars ...
... dark keeping the wind in my face . The rain had stopped and only came occasionally in gusts . It was very dark , and the wind was cold . I could see Catherine in the stern but I could not see the water where the blades of the oars ...
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... dark reaches , let- ting sunlight dry all the dampness . Some nights she opened doors and slept in rooms that had walls missing . She lay on the pallet on the very edge of the room , facing the drifting land- scape of stars , moving ...
... dark reaches , let- ting sunlight dry all the dampness . Some nights she opened doors and slept in rooms that had walls missing . She lay on the pallet on the very edge of the room , facing the drifting land- scape of stars , moving ...
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HOMER BIGART | 3 |
HAROLD BRODKEY | 9 |
ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING | 19 |
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