A Time In Rome
by Elizabeth Bowen /
2003 / English / EPUB
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Elizabeth Bowen's account of a time spent in Rome is no ordinary
guidebook but an evocation of a city - its history, its
architecture and, above all, its atmosphere. She describes the
famous classical sites, conjuring from the ruins visions of former
inhabitants and their often bloody activities and speculates about
the immense noise of ancient Rome, the problems caused by the
Romans' dining posture, and the Roman temperament. She evokes the
city's moods - by day, when it is characterised by golden sunlight,
and at night, when the blaze of the moon 'annihilates history'.
Elizabeth Bowen's account of a time spent in Rome is no ordinary
guidebook but an evocation of a city - its history, its
architecture and, above all, its atmosphere. She describes the
famous classical sites, conjuring from the ruins visions of former
inhabitants and their often bloody activities and speculates about
the immense noise of ancient Rome, the problems caused by the
Romans' dining posture, and the Roman temperament. She evokes the
city's moods - by day, when it is characterised by golden sunlight,
and at night, when the blaze of the moon 'annihilates history'.