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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 theconfessional? Other houses declare the activities they shelter; they are the clear expressivecuticle of a life flowing close to the surface; but the old palace in its narrow street, the villa on itscypress-hooded hill, are as impenetrable as death. The tall windows are like blind eyes, the greatdoor is a shut mouth. 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 in the disjointedstones and the keys rust in unused doors...

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released June 12, 2020
ISBN13 9798653439551
Pages 96
Dimensions 216 × 280 × 5 mm   ·   244 g
Language English  

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