The House on Via Gombito

by Sprengnether, Madelon

• ISBN13: 9780898231823
• ISBN10: 0898231825
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-10-01
• Publisher: New Rivers Pr

Summary

A classic book of travel writing with a new introduction, reprinted to complement New Rivers second collection "Tanzania on Tuesday" and the forthcoming anthology "An Inn Near Kyoto."

Table of Contents

Introduction to the Second Edition
Introduction
Introduction
Introduction: "Flying"
Via Pochutla	p. 3
Juan Mina	p. 16
That Summer in Caracas	p. 34
Friends of the Teatro Colon	p. 43
Icarus in Africa	p. 55
A Moroccan Memoir	p. 63
The Cook's Child	p. 100
Maputo: A Writer's Diary	p. 112
Mis en Abyme	p. 131
Borders: Thoughts and Images	p. 143
The Search for Blind Camels and Balloons: A Mother-Daughter Memoir	p. 151
Ahar	p. 159
The Errand	p. 165
Rain of Flowers	p. 169
Night Train to Moscow: Waging Peace	p. 179
Return to Warsaw	p. 196
In the Vernacular	p. 209
Coming Out in London and Beyond	p. 227
Two Nuns	p. 243
Barba Manolis	p. 249
Ramont Hall	p. 263
A Walk on Hadrian's Wall	p. 269
Excerpts from a European Travelogue	p. 274
Of Catalans and Kings	p. 287
Alone and Footloose in the South of France	p. 296
Rosenthallohne 8	p. 313
Borders	p. 325
Journeys in the Hidden World	p. 333
The Drive	p. 343
Tourists	p. 345
A Trip to the Hills	p. 347
Termini	p. 349
Italian Two-Part Invitation	p. 351
Toccata and Variations on Venice	p. 361
Chiaroscuro	p. 368
The House on Via Gombito	p. 378
Fata Morgana: Memories of Italy	p. 395
Vicoletto: Scenes from Naples	p. 409
Evening in Padang	p. 423
Taxi	p. 427
Belinda	p. 435
A Thousand Farewells	p. 444
Nameless Things	p. 450
Pilgrimage to Atagoyama	p. 462
The Blue-Green Seas of Forever	p. 475
Ontology and the Trucker	p. 491
Contributors' Notes	p. 495
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