Lyrical postwar sketches of Rome—its ruins, art, people, and seductive chaos—from an American writer who abandoned her novel for the city.
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IN 1947 A YOUNG AMERICAN woman named Eleanor Clark went to Rome on a Guggenheim fellowship to write a novel. But Rome had its way with her, the novel was abandoned, and what followed was not a novel but a series of sketches of Roman life written mostly between 1948 and 1951. This new edition of the essential classic Rome and a Villa includes an evocative introduction by the preeminent translator William Weaver, who was close friends with the author and often wandered the city with her during the...
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will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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Cultural discussion of sexuality among many Roman topics; no romance plot
Violence & gore
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Brief historical and criminology references amid city sketches
Profanity
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No evidence found in available sources
Substance use
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Incidental food, drink, and daily Roman life mentions
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Religious content
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Theology, Catholic Rome, mythology; Protestant cemetery chapter
Magic & witchcraft
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No fantasy magic present
Occult / demonology
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No occult or demonology content present
Political content
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Imperial history, postwar society, and cultural-political observations
Self-harm / suicide
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Abuse & suffering
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