{"product_id":"desiring-italy-women-writers-celebrate-the-passions-of-a-country-and-culture-9780449910801","title":"Desiring Italy: Women Writers Celebrate the Passions of a Country and Culture","description":"\u003cb\u003eFor centuries Italy has been many things to many people. In this brilliant anthology and traveler's companion, twenty-eight first-rate women writers reveal why the land that is the heart and soul of European civilization is so seductive to women.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKate Simon walks us through a Siena filled with surprises and luminous beauty. Elizabeth Spencer writes of first coming to Italy and finding \"home.\" Shirley Hazzard explores the mysteries of Naples. Muriel Spark writes on Venice, Edith Wharton on Rome, George Eliot on Florence, Barbara Grizzuti Harrison on San Gimignano, Patricia Hampl on Assisi. Other wonderful writers contemplate the idiosyncratic glories of Italy's architecture, cooking, art, and landscape; its culture; its places and people. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs these writers tell their stories--in fiction, memoir, and essay--of coming to understand Italy, they explore the complexity of their passions for it, mingling affection and ecstasy with intellectual curiosity. Organized geographically--from northern Italy to Rome and on to the south, \u003ci\u003eDesiring Italy\u003c\/i\u003e offers an enchanting journey for readers and travelers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIncluding the following contents: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eItalian Backgrounds: \u003c\/i\u003ePicturesque Milan by Edith Wharton\u003cbr\u003e \"Cauliflower Heads\" by Francine Prose\u003cbr\u003e From \u003ci\u003eRambles in Germany and Italy: \u003c\/i\u003e Letters from Venice by Mary Shelley\u003cbr\u003e From \u003ci\u003eThe World of Venice: \u003c\/i\u003eOn Women by Jan Morris\u003cbr\u003e From \u003ci\u003eThe Classic Italian Cookbook: \u003c\/i\u003e Preface, Italian Cooking: Where Does It Come From?, The Italian Art of Eating, Restaurants, The Bacaro Experience, Gelati\u003cbr\u003e Venice in Fall and Winter by Muriel Spark\u003cbr\u003e From \u003ci\u003eEmbassy to Constantinople: \u003c\/i\u003e To Lady Mar by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu\u003cbr\u003e From \u003ci\u003eThe Enchanted April: \u003c\/i\u003e VI, VIII by Elizabeth von Arnim\u003cbr\u003e From \u003ci\u003eRoadside Songs of Tuscany: \u003c\/i\u003e The Ballad of Saint Zita, A Tuscan Lullaby by Francesca Alexander\u003cbr\u003e From \u003ci\u003eCasa Guidi Windows: \u003c\/i\u003eCasa Guidi Windows, Bellosguardo by Elizabeth Barrett Browning\u003cbr\u003e From \u003ci\u003eRomola: \u003c\/i\u003eProem\u003cbr\u003e From \u003ci\u003eThe Stones of Florence: \u003c\/i\u003eV\u003cbr\u003e From \u003ci\u003eItaly: The Places in Between: \u003c\/i\u003eSiena\u003cbr\u003e From \u003ci\u003eImages and Shadows: \u003c\/i\u003eLa Foce \u0026amp; from \u003ci\u003eWar in Val D'Orcia: An Italian War Diary 1943-1944\u003c\/i\u003e by Iris Origo\u003cbr\u003e From \u003ci\u003eA Valley in Italy: The Many Seasons of a Villa in Umbria: \u003c\/i\u003e I, VI by Lisa St. Aubin de Terán\u003cbr\u003e Umbrian Spring by Patricia Hampl\u003cbr\u003e From \u003ci\u003eFlorence Nightingale in Rome: \u003c\/i\u003e Letter VI\u003cbr\u003e From \u003ci\u003eDispatches from Europe to the \u003c\/i\u003eNew York Tribune, \u003ci\u003e1846-1850: \u003c\/i\u003eDispatch 14, Dispatch 19, Dispatch 30\u003cbr\u003e From \u003ci\u003eMiddlemarch: \u003c\/i\u003eThe Wedding Journey by George Eliot\u003cbr\u003e \"Roman Fever\" by Edith Wharton\u003cbr\u003e From \u003ci\u003eRome and a Villa: \u003c\/i\u003eFountains by Eleanor Clark\u003cbr\u003e From \u003ci\u003eA Time in Rome: \u003c\/i\u003eThe Smile by Elizabeth Bowen\u003cbr\u003e From \u003ci\u003eThe Light in the Piazza: \u003c\/i\u003e Introduction \u0026amp; \"The White Azalea\" by Elizabeth Spencer\u003cbr\u003e From \u003ci\u003ePleasure of Ruins\u003c\/i\u003e by Rose Macaulay\u003cbr\u003e From \u003ci\u003eThe Bay of Noon: \u003c\/i\u003eI, IV, VIII by Shirley Hazzard\u003cbr\u003e From \u003ci\u003eTorregreca: Life, Death, Miracles: \u003c\/i\u003e The Setting, A Night at San Fortunato, The Project Realized, Epilogue by Ann Cornelisen\u003cbr\u003e From \u003ci\u003eThe Islands of Italy: \u003c\/i\u003eSicily, Palermo by Barbara Grizzuti Harrison\u003cbr\u003e From \u003ci\u003eOn Persephone's Island: A Sicilian Journal: \u003c\/i\u003e Prologue, Winter by Mary Taylor Simeti\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Susan Cahill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Random House Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/15\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.97lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.26h x 5.54w x 0.84d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780449910801\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/1997 pg. 1380\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/1997 pg. 111\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2004 pg. 92\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSusan Cahill, PhD, \u003c\/b\u003eis the editor of many highly praised anthologies, including \u003ci\u003eDesiring Italy, For the Love of Ireland, Wise Women, The QPB Anthology of Writing by Women, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eWomen and Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e. Author of the novel \u003ci\u003eEarth Angels \u003c\/i\u003eand co-author with Thomas Cahill of \u003ci\u003eA Literary Guide to Irleand, \u003c\/i\u003eshe has taught at Queens College and Fordham University. She lives in New York City and, for part of the year, Rome.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45069867778163,"sku":"9780449910801","price":22.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_022137c2-aae9-4aec-9733-79e1a95a5559.jpg?v=1780605482","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/desiring-italy-women-writers-celebrate-the-passions-of-a-country-and-culture-9780449910801","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}