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Italian Travel Writings
| Author: | Desivignes, Lucette | |
| Year: | 2011 | |
| Pages: | 300 | |
| ISBN: | 0-7734-3943-9 978-0-7734-3943-6 | |
| Price: | $199.95 | |
Analysis and examination of the travel fiction of Lucette Desvignes, for the first time in English, that uses the author’s own experiences, as well as the Lucette’s characters, to show how she changed the genre.
Reviews
“These preliminaries lead one to expect a variety of genres inside the genre and the reader won’t be disappointed. Some short stories are realistic with a tendency to satire, some are poetic, some fantastic.” – Dr. Jacqueline Sessa University Jean-Monnet(Saint-Ètienne
“In this choice of short stories the reader can measure the range of Lucette Desvignes’ literary gifts.” - Dr. Jacqueline Sessa University Jean-Monnet (Saint- Ètienne)
“These stories demonstrate the vibrant diversity of Lucette Desvignes’ artistry and complete a five volume collection of her short fiction.” – Prof. Jerry Curtis The Ohio State University
"... the rare pleasure of encountering the fiction of a well-educated and well-traveled woman with a keen sense sensitivity to physical and psychological details, a consciousness, and a bold willingness to abandon the realism she mastered for the surreal and the mythic." -- Prof. Virginia Cope, The Ohio State University
"This is a collection of elegant short stories that are a pleasure to read and are all interconnected by a commitment to the theme of travel. ... a general appreciation of well-written literature. The short stories of this volume are indeed well written and intriguing in their portrayal of the human condition, especially within the experience of travel." -- Prof. Derek B. Alwes, The Ohio State University
“In this choice of short stories the reader can measure the range of Lucette Desvignes’ literary gifts.” - Dr. Jacqueline Sessa University Jean-Monnet (Saint- Ètienne)
“These stories demonstrate the vibrant diversity of Lucette Desvignes’ artistry and complete a five volume collection of her short fiction.” – Prof. Jerry Curtis The Ohio State University
"... the rare pleasure of encountering the fiction of a well-educated and well-traveled woman with a keen sense sensitivity to physical and psychological details, a consciousness, and a bold willingness to abandon the realism she mastered for the surreal and the mythic." -- Prof. Virginia Cope, The Ohio State University
"This is a collection of elegant short stories that are a pleasure to read and are all interconnected by a commitment to the theme of travel. ... a general appreciation of well-written literature. The short stories of this volume are indeed well written and intriguing in their portrayal of the human condition, especially within the experience of travel." -- Prof. Derek B. Alwes, The Ohio State University
Table of Contents
Commendatory Preface (Dr. Jacqueline Sessa)
1.Italian stories
Terra Bagnata
A Day of Music (Trio for flute, clarinet, and bassoon )
Lakes
The Faraglioni, for One and All
The Dog of Pompeii
Sailing into the Unknown
2.Guided Tours
East Germany in a Nutshell
A Tunisian Tour
The Architect’s Apprenctice
The Last Tour
3.Voyages…elsewhere
Passing on
Edda
Grace Abounding
Him
Rigaudon
The Atlantic Crossing
From Nevers to Cluny
The Passage
Glimmers in the Basement
Bibliography
Profile of Contributors
1.Italian stories
Terra Bagnata
A Day of Music (Trio for flute, clarinet, and bassoon )
Lakes
The Faraglioni, for One and All
The Dog of Pompeii
Sailing into the Unknown
2.Guided Tours
East Germany in a Nutshell
A Tunisian Tour
The Architect’s Apprenctice
The Last Tour
3.Voyages…elsewhere
Passing on
Edda
Grace Abounding
Him
Rigaudon
The Atlantic Crossing
From Nevers to Cluny
The Passage
Glimmers in the Basement
Bibliography
Profile of Contributors