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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... professor if she gave her five thousand lire the first time she was paid . " How much will he pay ? " the maid asked the portinaia . " I would ask for eighteen thousand a month . Tell him you have to spend two hundred lire a day for ...
... professor if she gave her five thousand lire the first time she was paid . " How much will he pay ? " the maid asked the portinaia . " I would ask for eighteen thousand a month . Tell him you have to spend two hundred lire a day for ...
Page 195
... professor slipped into her room and quickly traced on paper the outline of her miser- able shoe - a task but he accomplished it quickly . That evening , in a store on the same piazza as the restaurant where he liked to eat , he bought ...
... professor slipped into her room and quickly traced on paper the outline of her miser- able shoe - a task but he accomplished it quickly . That evening , in a store on the same piazza as the restaurant where he liked to eat , he bought ...
Page 199
... professor said . " But did you go to the midwife ? " " Not yet . " " Why not ? " Though angry he spoke calmly . She stared at the floor . " Please answer my question . " " I was going to say I lost the two thousand lire on the bus , but ...
... professor said . " But did you go to the midwife ? " " Not yet . " " Why not ? " Though angry he spoke calmly . She stared at the floor . " Please answer my question . " " I was going to say I lost the two thousand lire on the bus , but ...
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HOMER BIGART | 3 |
HAROLD BRODKEY | 9 |
ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING | 19 |
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