Rome and a Villa
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Book Overview "These essays gather up Rome and hold it before us, bristling and dense and dreamlike, with every scene drenched in the sound of fountain...
"These essays gather up Rome and hold it before us, bristling and dense and dreamlike, with every scene drenched in the sound of fountains, of leaping and falling water." -- The New Yorker
"Perhaps the finest book ever to be written about a city." -- New York Times
Bringing to life the legendary city's beauty and magic in all its many facets, Eleanor Clark's masterful collection of vignettes, Rome and a Villa, has transported readers for generations.
In 1947 a young American woman named Eleanor Clark went to Rome on a Guggenheim fellowship to write a novel. But instead of a novel, Clark created a series of sketches of Roman life written mostly between 1948 and 1951. Wandering the streets of this legendary city, Eleanor fell under Rome's spell--its pace of life, the wry outlook of its men and women, its magnificent history and breathtaking contribution to world culture. Rome is life itself--a sensuous, hectic, chaotic, and utterly fascinating blend of the comic and the tragic. Clark highlights Roman art and architecture, including Hadrian's Villa--an enormous, unfinished palace--as a prism to view the city and its history, and offers a lovely portrait of the Cimitero acattolico--long known as the Protestant cemetery--where Keats, Shelley, and other foreign notables rest.
Book Details Format: Paperback | Pages: 416 | Language: English | Publisher: PERENNIAL | ISBN: 0062363409
FormatPaperback
Pages416
LanguageEnglish
ISBN0062363409
EAN9780062363404
PublisherPERENNIAL
Publication Date1970-01-01
EditionReissue
AccessoriesNo Accessory
ConditionNew
Product TypeQUALITY PAPERBACK BOOKS
Weight1.05 Pounds
Length8.9 Inches
Width5.9 Inches
Height1.1 Inches
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