Publisher Review

‘Zarin writes with tenderness and poetry on the experience of of being a visitor, and re-visitor, to these Italian cities. . . Some of these essays are like suitcases packed carefully but dreamily, and reveal how helplessly one is oneself wherever we go, Zarin’s histories and relationships offer as much chiaroscuro as the Italian sun and stone.’ Leanne Shapton ‘An inspiring whirligig of impressions, reflections and memories.’ Esther Kinsky ‘Stunningly lyrical.’ André Aciman