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 42
... seemed a little old to be her father . Where were the bridesmaids ? He looked again toward the altar , expecting to see the waiting groom , his best man , and a respectable complement of ushers . To one side of the step leading up into ...
... seemed a little old to be her father . Where were the bridesmaids ? He looked again toward the altar , expecting to see the waiting groom , his best man , and a respectable complement of ushers . To one side of the step leading up into ...
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... seemed , of chicory ; salad in the hot months when it was most dangerous to eat . The only lo- cal fruits were cherries and figs ; each has a very short season . Anything else came from outside , was pockmarked , bruised and exorbitant ...
... seemed , of chicory ; salad in the hot months when it was most dangerous to eat . The only lo- cal fruits were cherries and figs ; each has a very short season . Anything else came from outside , was pockmarked , bruised and exorbitant ...
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... seemed interested , and slackened her trot . " What a delightful part ; I know it so well . It is full of the very nicest people . Do you know Sir Harry Otway - a Radical if ever there was ? " " Very well indeed . " " And old Mrs ...
... seemed interested , and slackened her trot . " What a delightful part ; I know it so well . It is full of the very nicest people . Do you know Sir Harry Otway - a Radical if ever there was ? " " Very well indeed . " " And old Mrs ...
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HOMER BIGART | 3 |
HAROLD BRODKEY | 9 |
ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING | 19 |
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