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 85
... passed over it - like breath passing over embers . No , there was nothing particularly disquieting or singular about it , but waking , I felt the need to get up and drink some water . It was icy . I went to the balcony and looked down ...
... passed over it - like breath passing over embers . No , there was nothing particularly disquieting or singular about it , but waking , I felt the need to get up and drink some water . It was icy . I went to the balcony and looked down ...
Page 109
... passed ; it was unlike her to have entertained anything so subtle . Born of silence and of unknown emotion , it passed when Mr. Emerson returned , and she could re - enter the world of rapid talk , which was alone familiar to her ...
... passed ; it was unlike her to have entertained anything so subtle . Born of silence and of unknown emotion , it passed when Mr. Emerson returned , and she could re - enter the world of rapid talk , which was alone familiar to her ...
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... passed a house which had been crushed by a naval shell . The Major said : " Too bad , look at that . " Borth said : " Maybe it was a crook's house , how can you tell ? Better forget the house and concern yourself with that . ” He ...
... passed a house which had been crushed by a naval shell . The Major said : " Too bad , look at that . " Borth said : " Maybe it was a crook's house , how can you tell ? Better forget the house and concern yourself with that . ” He ...
Contents
HOMER BIGART | 3 |
HAROLD BRODKEY | 9 |
ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING | 19 |
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