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The Stones of Florence (2002)

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0156027631 (ISBN13: 9780156027632)
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English
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harvest (harcourt, inc.)

The Stones Of Florence (2002) - Plot & Excerpts

Mary McCarthy's book first published in 1956 regards Florence, Italy. The first chapter seemingly disparages Florence and asks in essence, why would one want to visit Florence while only providing discouragement to do so. However, remarkably, by the end of the book I found myself quite excited and looking forward to my upcoming visit to Florence, Italy. The way that Mary McCarthy talks about Florence is rather like having coffee with her and hearing her go a and on about this and that covering the various ages, artists , architect, the Medicis and etc.…with a lot of interesting insight and stories but all the while she is assuming I know more than I do about Florence. I did not have a foundation for a lot of which she spoke and that made me do some independent research so to get a bit more up to speed. Once one has some knowledge foundation, there are a lot of interesting orts that might not be as easily or entertainingly found elsewhere.

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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

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