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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... street , and subito , by the pros whose beat she has invaded . The eventful and rarely dangerous night walk , trailed by panting au- tos , can be quite a sporting event . Try , for instance , a main street in any city , the larger the ...
... street , and subito , by the pros whose beat she has invaded . The eventful and rarely dangerous night walk , trailed by panting au- tos , can be quite a sporting event . Try , for instance , a main street in any city , the larger the ...
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... streets are cleaner a hundred times than ever Pompeiian saw them in her prime . I know whereof I speak for in the great , chief thor- oughfares ( Merchant street and the Street of Fortune ) have I not seen with my own eyes how for two ...
... streets are cleaner a hundred times than ever Pompeiian saw them in her prime . I know whereof I speak for in the great , chief thor- oughfares ( Merchant street and the Street of Fortune ) have I not seen with my own eyes how for two ...
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... Street Commissioner . No - Pompeii is no longer a buried city . It is a city of hun- dreds and hundreds of roofless houses , and a tangled maze of streets where one could easily get lost , without a guide , and have to sleep in some ...
... Street Commissioner . No - Pompeii is no longer a buried city . It is a city of hun- dreds and hundreds of roofless houses , and a tangled maze of streets where one could easily get lost , without a guide , and have to sleep in some ...
Contents
HOMER BIGART | 3 |
HAROLD BRODKEY | 9 |
ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING | 19 |
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