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The Light in the Piazza and Other Italian Tales
Contributor(s): Spencer, Elizabeth (Author), Phillips, Robert (Introduction by)

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 ISBN: 0878058370     ISBN-13: 9780878058372
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
OUR PRICE: $26.25  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: March 1996
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Annotation: Spencer, a native-born Mississippian, offers six fascinating tales in which Southerners surrender to the mesmerizing spell of Italy. Here in one volume are tales with plots so alluring and enigmatic that Boccaccio would have been charmed by their delightful ironies and their sinister contrasts of dark and light.

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BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Short Stories (single Author)
- Fiction | Literary
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 95039929
Series: Banner Books
Physical Information: 0.77" H x 5.46" W x 8.24" L (0.74 lbs) 239 pages
Review Citations: New York Times 08/04/1996 pg. 28
 
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Elizabeth Spencer is captivated by Italy. Some of her most acclaimed work is set there. Collected in this volume are "The Light in the Piazza, " which is her signature piece, and six other Italian tales in which her American characters encounter and respond to the mysteries of Italian mores. Her plots are so alluring and enigmantic that the great Boccaccio would have been charmed by their delightful ironies and their sinister contrasts of dark and light. Elizabeth's Spencer's exceptional artisty has merited renown for her as one of America's best writers of short stories.
 
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