Four Seasons in Rome: On Twins, Insomnia, and the Biggest Funeral in the History of the World
by:
Anthony Doerr (author)
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781416540014 (1416540016)
Publish date: June 12th 2007
Publisher: Scribner
Pages no: 224
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Travel,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Biography,
History,
European Literature,
Cultural,
Italy,
Book Club,
Parenting,
Biography Memoir,
Italian Literature
What a book ! Sensual, Captivating and beautifully written. Anthony Doerr finds himself in the heart of Rome shortly after his twin boys were born. Having received the Rome Prize, an award that gave him a year-long stipend and studio in Rome he embraces the adventure and moves his family to th...
I couldn't enter into this book very deeply. I kept getting distracted by the author's whining about how hard writing is. I agree with Michele, I'd love to read this book as written by his wife. Some of the vignettes were lovely, but for the most part it was too self-conscious, too precious- even th...
Doerr, a fiction writer, wins an award that provides him with a place to stay and writing time in Rome for a year. The problem? His wife has just given birth to twins and his life has forever changed. Doerr spends a tremendous amount of time writing about how he is having trouble writing. If you ca...
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