{"product_id":"rome-and-a-villa-eleanor-clark-9780062363404","title":"Rome and a Villa","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"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.\" -- \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Perhaps the finest book ever to be written about a city.\" -- \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBringing to life the legendary city's beauty and magic in all its many facets, Eleanor Clark's masterful collection of vignettes, \u003cem\u003eRome and a Villa\u003c\/em\u003e, has transported readers for generations.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Eleanor Clark\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0062363409\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780062363404\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/10\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 1.10d","brand":"Eleanor Clark","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44046706966783,"sku":"9780062363404","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4b8b5412-c375-40cf-b328-6cde2bc81b35.jpg?v=1684986011","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/rome-and-a-villa-eleanor-clark-9780062363404","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}