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 34
... , too , he was especially eager these days to grab at identities other than his own . Being an uncle from Rome - like playing the other roles , the operatic charac- ters he'd come to Naples to play could be a 34 Italy in Mind.
... , too , he was especially eager these days to grab at identities other than his own . Being an uncle from Rome - like playing the other roles , the operatic charac- ters he'd come to Naples to play could be a 34 Italy in Mind.
Page 58
... play the worst of the Neapolitan repertoire as soulfully as anybody else . The guitar player , who sings , brings a look of longing into his big dark eyes , set in a leathery egg - shaped face , broadest at the bottom of the cheeks ...
... play the worst of the Neapolitan repertoire as soulfully as anybody else . The guitar player , who sings , brings a look of longing into his big dark eyes , set in a leathery egg - shaped face , broadest at the bottom of the cheeks ...
Page 74
... played away , lustily , and a full band did the like ; while a conductor , in a little gallery opposite to the band , hammered away on the desk before him ... play in the stony lanes and streets , and on the most uneven and 74 Italy in Mind.
... played away , lustily , and a full band did the like ; while a conductor , in a little gallery opposite to the band , hammered away on the desk before him ... play in the stony lanes and streets , and on the most uneven and 74 Italy in Mind.
Contents
HOMER BIGART | 3 |
HAROLD BRODKEY | 9 |
ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING | 19 |
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