Four Seasons in Rome
Book description
From the author of the acclaimed Pulitzer Prize-winning #1 New York Times bestseller All the Light We Cannot See and Cloud Cuckoo Land, a "dazzling" (Azar Nafisi, author of Reading Lolita in Tehran) memoir about art and adventures in Rome.
Anthony Doerr has received many awards—from the New York Public…
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I loved this book for its gorgeous writing, particularly the descriptions of paintings and buildings in Rome. I was so moved by Doerr’s evocative words that I was compelled to find online images of these subjects as I read.
Not only does he write with beautiful precision, but he also conveys his experiences with honesty and humility, noting the linguistic and physical challenges he encountered as a writer trying to justify a fellowship while raising two infants in an ancient city.
Life in Roma! This memoir is a gem and quite funny. Doerr’s prose is razor sharp and he cleverly shares his adventures of a year in Rome as a new parent of twins. Having just visited the Pantheon, I particularly enjoyed Doer’s description of this temple built by the emperor Hadrian in AD 125. He wrote, “When you first see it, the Pantheon is about wonder. You walk through the gigantic doorway and your attention is sucked upward toward a circle of sky. A filtering haze floats inside; a column of light strikes through the oculus and leans against the…
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