What do You think about The Stones Of Florence (2002)?
This book reads like a love letter to Florence. As such, I think it's better to read this after you have been there rather than before--it's not the first book to read to get to know Florence. It's a book you read to recognize the city you've been to.Having said that, it's full of interesting details and stories. The chapters are loosely thematic. It is also full of confident statements about Florence, Florentines, art, history, and everything else. The experience of the past in Florence is immediate and simultaneous--she creates an aggregate rather than a linear narrative (which is hard for me, both because I don't really know all the history in order and also because I'm a historian and I like it linear).
—Miriam
