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Synopsis
Delving into the daily life of a city that is in so many ways larger than life, Paul Hofmann steers us beyond the tourist board, revealing a fetish for Vatican gossip, the idiosyncrasies of the gattare (cat women who care for the city's stray cats), and the vagaries of the ever-volatile Roman government. As he winds through Rome's ancient streets, we listen with him to the voices of the city, past and present, and we discover with him the intricacies and the beauty of Italy's finest city.
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About the Author
Paul Hofmann was for many years chief of The New York Times bureau in Rome. He is the author of many books, including the highly acclaimed Cento Citta, That Fine Italian Hand, and Umbria. He lives in Rome.
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Delightful insights into the Eternal City. Fleeing Hitler's invasion and arriving in Rome from his native Vienna in 1938, Hofmann made Italy his home for the rest of his life. Former bureau chief for the New York Times, he is a prolific travel writer, best known to Italianists as the author of Rome: The Sweet Tempestuous Life (1982), O Vatican (1983), Cento Citt... (1988), and That Fine Italian Hand (1990). Like these previous works, The Seasons of Rome is a light, breezy account of a year in that bewildering, beguiling, and often exasperating city. Like most travel literature--and like the Romans themselves--Hofmann's book refuses to take itself too seriously, and therein lies its charm. At times he sounds like the neighborhood curmudgeon, complaining about left-wing students, motor-scooters, and the Democratic Party of the Left (the former Communist Party). Tellingly, Hofmann confesses that he does not consider himself a Roman by adoption- -even after more than half a century in the city. Rather, he is ``still a foreign observer with my inevitable prejudices. . . .'' But it's precisely this distance that allows him to reveal the foibles, folly, and even nobility of that ancient/modern Roman race. Each chapter is devoted to a month of the year, and we realize how intimately tied the Romans are to their climate, whether that wind that dumps sand from the Sahara on their city or the late summer rains that bring relief from the heat. Above all else, the author reveals how the Romans define the Italian arte di arrangiarsi, or the art of ``arranging'' things; from avoiding paying their utility bills to dealing with local politics. The next best thing to actually being in Rome. (b&w line drawings) -- Copyright ©1996, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
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- PublisherHolt Paperbacks
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 0805055975
- ISBN 13 9780805055979
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages272
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