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HAVE you ever questioned the long shuttered front of an old Italian house, thatmotionless mask, smooth, mute, equivocal as the face of a priest behind which buzzthe 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 theold palace in its narrow street, the villa on its cypress-hooded hill, are asimpenetrable as death. The tall windows are like blind eyes, the great door is a shutmouth. Inside there may be sunshine, the scent of myrtles, and a pulse of lifethrough all the arteries of the huge frame; or a mortal solitude, where bats lodge inthe disjointed stones and the keys rust in unused doors....

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released March 21, 2021
ISBN13 9798724016995
Publishers Independently Published
Pages 114
Dimensions 152 × 229 × 7 mm   ·   176 g
Language English  

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