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 67
... felt a secret joy as though I were off to an illicit love affair , not with a man , but with the comforts of a city , and like some love affairs , once I was there , I felt strangely let down . Nothing quite lived up to expectations ...
... felt a secret joy as though I were off to an illicit love affair , not with a man , but with the comforts of a city , and like some love affairs , once I was there , I felt strangely let down . Nothing quite lived up to expectations ...
Page 85
... felt the need to get up and drink some water . It was icy . I went to the balcony and looked down at the necklace of lights etching in their diagram of Trapani . It was some time off dawn yet but I felt completely rested and wondered if ...
... felt the need to get up and drink some water . It was icy . I went to the balcony and looked down at the necklace of lights etching in their diagram of Trapani . It was some time off dawn yet but I felt completely rested and wondered if ...
Page 125
... felt us driv- ing along with it . I braced my feet and held back on it , then sud- denly , it buckled ; I felt a rib snap on my forehead , I tried to grab the top that was bending with the wind and the whole thing buckled and went ...
... felt us driv- ing along with it . I braced my feet and held back on it , then sud- denly , it buckled ; I felt a rib snap on my forehead , I tried to grab the top that was bending with the wind and the whole thing buckled and went ...
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HOMER BIGART | 3 |
HAROLD BRODKEY | 9 |
ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING | 19 |
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