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26%OFFAnthony Doerr - Four Seasons in Rome: On Twins, Insomnia and the Biggest Funeral in the History of the World - 9780007265299 - V9780007265299
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Four Seasons in Rome: On Twins, Insomnia and the Biggest Funeral in the History of the World

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Description for Four Seasons in Rome: On Twins, Insomnia and the Biggest Funeral in the History of the World Paperback. On the same day that his wife gave birth to twins, Anthony Doerr received the Rome Prize, an award that gave him a year-long stipend and studio in Rome.. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 216.

On the same day that his wife gave birth to twins, Anthony Doerr received the Rome Prize, an award that gave him a year-long stipend and studio in Rome…

‘Four Seasons in Rome’ charts the repercussions of that day, describing Doerr's varied adventures in one of the most enchanting cities in the world, and the first year of parenthood. He reads Pliny, Dante, and Keats – the chroniclers of Rome who came before him – and visits the piazzas, temples, and ancient cisterns they describe. He attends the vigil of ... Read more

This intimate and revelatory book is a celebration of Rome, a wondrous look at new parenthood and a fascinating account of the alchemy of writers.

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Product Details

Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780007265299
SKU
V9780007265299
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About Anthony Doerr
Anthony Doerr lives in Boise, Idaho with his wife and twin sons. He is the author of ‘The Shell Collector’ and ‘About Grace’, and is one of Granta’s Best Young American Novelists.

Reviews for Four Seasons in Rome: On Twins, Insomnia and the Biggest Funeral in the History of the World
‘Anthony Doerr is dazzling in this book, in the way he celebrates the joys as well as the pain of being a parent and in love, being a writer and being in Rome, reminding us that certain experiences never grow stale when they are expressed through the fresh eyes of a real writer.’ Azar Nafisi, author of Reading Lolita in ... Read more

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