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 132
... less than thirty . He was an American citizen and an enlisted man by choice . To him the whole war was a cynical joke , and he considered his job in the war to make people take themselves less seriously . When the Major touched Italian ...
... less than thirty . He was an American citizen and an enlisted man by choice . To him the whole war was a cynical joke , and he considered his job in the war to make people take themselves less seriously . When the Major touched Italian ...
Page 157
... less observant , and for the moment , I am afraid , she was not rendered more indulgent , by perceiving that Mr. Osmond carried his burden less compla- cently than might have been expected . " What a fool I was to have invited these ...
... less observant , and for the moment , I am afraid , she was not rendered more indulgent , by perceiving that Mr. Osmond carried his burden less compla- cently than might have been expected . " What a fool I was to have invited these ...
Page 332
... less well , Mrs. Slade re- flected ) that , for her also , too many memories rose from the lengthening shadows of those august ruins . But no ; she was sim- ply absorbed in her work . What was there for her to worry about ? She knew ...
... less well , Mrs. Slade re- flected ) that , for her also , too many memories rose from the lengthening shadows of those august ruins . But no ; she was sim- ply absorbed in her work . What was there for her to worry about ? She knew ...
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HAROLD BRODKEY | 9 |
ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING | 19 |
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