Have you ever questioned the long shuttered front of an old Italian house, that motionless mask, smooth, mute, equivocal as the face of a priest behind which buzz the secrets of the confessional? Other houses declare the activities they shelter; they are the clear expressive cuticle of a life flowing close to the surface; but the old palace in its narrow street, the villa on its cypress-hooded hill, are as impenetrable as death. The tall windows are like blind eyes, the great door is a shut mouth. Inside there may be sunshine, the scent of myrtles, and a pulse of life through all the arteries of the huge frame; or a mortal solitude, where bats lodge in the disjointed stones and the keys rust in unused doors....

Media	Böcker Pocketbok (Bok med mjukt omslag och limmad rygg)
Releasedatum	9 oktober 2017
ISBN13	9781976242519
Utgivare	Createspace Independent Publishing Platf
Antal sidor	154
Mått	152 × 229 × 8 mm · 213 g
Språk	Engelska