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Desiring Italy by: Susan Cahill City Travel Guides Price: £12.00 Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 914.504929 EAN: 9780449910801 ISBN: 0449910806 Label: Fawcett Books Manufacturer: Fawcett Books Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 384 Publication Date: September 01, 1998 Publisher: Fawcett Books Studio: Fawcett Books Sales Rank: 82258 Related Items:
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 Rating: - An inspiring travelling companion"Desiring Italy" became my inseparable travelling companion across Italy, after I found it by chance at a Roman bookstore. Not only it suggests special places to visit that are not always listed in traditional guides, it also makes them alive through their portrayal by literary masters (all women) that add their elegance, their sensitivity, their intelligence to that of the readers'. An added bonus was that I got to make their literary works real in my mind by following the steps of the characters in these magnificent settings (as Dorothea in "Middlemarch", for example). Rating: - The closest thing to being born an "Italian"!Despite the dated "age" of many of the stories, Desiring Italy really does transport the reader both to Italy and, in many instances, back in time. It does an excellent job of portraying a land that has retained much of the excitement and enchantment felt thoroughout the ages, despite the passage of time. From the grandeur of Rome to the sights and sounds and smells of Tuscany, the richness of the North to the poverty of the South, the elegance of modern times to the ravages of war - the reader is bombarded with all aspects of this fantastic country. Rating: - revealing, enchanting, complex, seductiveCrossing the dark waters from Venice on route to the Lido, I watched a woman so intent upon her reading that she seemed oblivious to the haunting beauty visible in all directions. As we slowed in our approach to the landing area, I asked her what she was reading. It was Desiring Italy, she said, given to her by her mother in anticipation of this trip. I recorded it in my journal and it was the first book that I bought upon arriving home. Written by a group of women writers, it is a joyous celebration of all things Italian. It evokes cultural traditions, artistic impressions and history and lyrically describes the glories of the places that you visit. How fortunate the traveler who has this book as a traveling companion. Just as Venice's ... Read More: |
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