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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... never had enough for themselves and cannot stop their own flailing long enough to help someone else , nor do they rec- ognize any rule - civil , religious or emotional - that says they should . Success , should it come , will be ...
... never had enough for themselves and cannot stop their own flailing long enough to help someone else , nor do they rec- ognize any rule - civil , religious or emotional - that says they should . Success , should it come , will be ...
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... never really abandoning their defences for a moment , as a badger or a pole - cat never abandons its defences . There is none of the brotherliness and civilized simplicity . Each man knows he must guard himself and his own : each man ...
... never really abandoning their defences for a moment , as a badger or a pole - cat never abandons its defences . There is none of the brotherliness and civilized simplicity . Each man knows he must guard himself and his own : each man ...
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An Anthology Alice Leccese Powers. to their business , and that if they never mended the pavements they never cleaned them ? And , besides , is it not the inborn na- ture of Street Commissioners to avoid their duty whenever they get a ...
An Anthology Alice Leccese Powers. to their business , and that if they never mended the pavements they never cleaned them ? And , besides , is it not the inborn na- ture of Street Commissioners to avoid their duty whenever they get a ...
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HOMER BIGART | 3 |
HAROLD BRODKEY | 9 |
ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING | 19 |
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