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Four seasons in Rome : on twins, insomnia, and the biggest funeral in the history of the world / Anthony Doerr.

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Record Number 743991
ISBN 9781416573166 (paperback)
141657316X (paperback)
Author Doerr, Anthony, 1973- author.
Title Four seasons in Rome : on twins, insomnia, and the biggest funeral in the history of the world / Anthony Doerr.
Edition First Scribner trade paperback edition.
Publisher/Date New York : Scribner, 2008.
©2007
Pagination etc. 210 pages ; 21 cm.
Bibliography, etc. note Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-207).
Summary Note "On the day Anthony Doerr and his wife arrive home from the hospital with newborn twins, he learns he will receive the prestigious Rome Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. With the prize comes a stipend and a writing studio in Rome for a year. Exquisitely observed, Four Seasons in Rome describes Doerr's varied adventures in one of the most enchanting cities in the world. He reads Pliny, Dante, and Keats and visits the piazzas, temples, and ancient cisterns they chronicled. He attends the vigil of a dying Pope John Paul II and takes his twins to the Pantheon in December to wait for snow to fall through the oculus. The clamor of stories and idiosyncratic child-rearing advice from the Romans he encounters is as compelling as the city itself. This intimate and revelatory book is a celebration of Rome, a wondrous look at new parenthood, and a fascinating story of a writer's craft."--From back cover.
Subject - Name Doerr, Anthony, -- 1973-Travel -- Italy -- Rome
Subject Authors, American -- 21st century -- Biography
Rome (Italy) -- Description and travel
Shelf Location 813.54 DOER
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