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Ferris, John

 
9781481752459: For the Love of Rome: Memories, Musings, and Anecdotes
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 1481752456 ISBN 13 : 9781481752459
Editeur : AuthorHouse, 2013

Synopsis

In For the Love of Rome, John Ferris conveys his excitement in discovering the city of Rome through language that moves those unfamiliar with the enchanted city, as well as those who have often been there. The book is not about wars, persecutions, internal struggles for power within Roman and Vatican rule, nor cultural development. As Ferris said, "The book is about our experiences in [mid-1960s and -1970s] Rome, what drew my wife and me there, and what we learned by seeing and reading." The style is witty, amusing, and unfailingly interesting as he relates historical anecdotes and reveals Rome's impact on various major figures, including Charles Dickens, James Joyce, and many more.

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Biographie de l'auteur

John Ferris wrote for the Associated Press, Newsweek, and the New York World-Telegram and Sun. He also published articles in The New Yorker, the New York Times Book Review section, Opera News, the Saturday Review of Literature, and other significant national publications. He was, as his managing editor described him, "a mighty man at the typewriter, who savored a well-turned phrase or a deft shaft of whimsy at a gloomy world" When he retired, Ferris learned to read and write Italian, amassed and digested a library of some two hundred books on Rome, and lived in and traveled about that beautiful, historic city many times. A gifted writer, he revealed his love of "the enchanted city" through words didactic, insightful, witty, and amusing.

Présentation de l'éditeur

In For the Love of Rome, John Ferris conveys his excitement in discovering the city of Rome through language that moves those unfamiliar with the enchanted city, as well as those who have often been there. The book is not about wars, persecutions, internal struggles for power within Roman and Vatican rule, nor cultural development. As Ferris said, "The book is about our experiences in [mid-1960s and -1970s] Rome, what drew my wife and me there, and what we learned by seeing and reading" The style is witty, amusing, and unfailingly interesting as he relates historical anecdotes and reveals Rome's impact on various major figures, including Charles Dickens, James Joyce, and many more.

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Éditeur
AuthorHouse
Date d'édition
2013
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1481752456
ISBN 13 
9781481752459
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
314
Coordonnées du fabricant
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