Issue Details: First known date: 2008... 2008 The Ancient Shore : Dispatches from Naples
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'"Life in Italy is seldom simple. One does not go there for simplicity but for interest: to make the adventure of existence more vivid, more poignant." Such a life is what Shirley Hazzard found when she first landed on the shore of Naples as a young woman in the early 1950s: underneath the devastation caused by World War II, the city that had bewitched such literary visitors as Byron and Goethe remained intact, ready to charm the patient and attentive traveler.

'That sojourn was the first step in a lifelong love affair with Naples. Along with her late husband, Francis Steegmuller, Hazzard made Naples a second home for decades, and The Ancient Shore collects the best of her writings on the city, its people, and its literary heritage. While acknowledging that Naples can be off-putting to the casual tourist, Hazzard takes readers behind the city's rebarbative face, showing the underlying beauty and unrivaled hospitality that await those who take the time to truly understand its rhythms and its history. A much-loved New Yorker essay by Steegmuller telling the harrowing story of his mugging - and the attentive care he received in its aftermath - rounds out a collection that memorably limns the inherent contradictions of contemporary Naples: prickly but passionate, violent but giving, and always breathtakingly unforgettable.

'Beautifully illustrated by photographs from such masters as Henri Cartier-Bresson and Herbert List, The Ancient Shore is a lyrical letter to a lifelong love: honest and clear-eyed, yet still fervently, endlessly enchanted.' (Publisher's blurb)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Chicago, Illinois,
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,
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      University of Chicago Press ,
      2008 .
      Extent: 1v.p.
      Description: illus.
      Note/s:
      • USA publication date: 1 November 2008; UK publication date: 1 December 2008.
      ISBN: 9780226322018

Works about this Work

Life and Death in Naples Leslie Richardson , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Sewanee Review , Fall vol. 118 no. 4 2010; (p. 101-104)

— Review of The Ancient Shore : Dispatches from Naples Shirley Hazzard , Francis Steegmuller , 2008 selected work prose
'At Home in More Than One Place' : Cosmopolitanism in the Work of Shirley Hazzard Brigitta Olubas , 2010 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 320 2010; (p. 9-11)
Pilgrims to Parthenope Jonathan Keates , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Times Literary Supplement , 27 February no. 5526 2009; (p. 26)

— Review of The Ancient Shore : Dispatches from Naples Shirley Hazzard , Francis Steegmuller , 2008 selected work prose
It Started in Naples Judith Martin , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The New York Times Book Review , 15 February vol. 114 no. 7 2009; (p. 21)

— Review of The Ancient Shore : Dispatches from Naples Shirley Hazzard , Francis Steegmuller , 2008 selected work prose
The Naples of Beauty and Filth Michelle De Kretser , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 26-27 December 2008; (p. 19)

— Review of The Ancient Shore : Dispatches from Naples Shirley Hazzard , Francis Steegmuller , 2008 selected work prose
The Naples of Beauty and Filth Michelle De Kretser , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 26-27 December 2008; (p. 19)

— Review of The Ancient Shore : Dispatches from Naples Shirley Hazzard , Francis Steegmuller , 2008 selected work prose
It Started in Naples Judith Martin , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The New York Times Book Review , 15 February vol. 114 no. 7 2009; (p. 21)

— Review of The Ancient Shore : Dispatches from Naples Shirley Hazzard , Francis Steegmuller , 2008 selected work prose
Pilgrims to Parthenope Jonathan Keates , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Times Literary Supplement , 27 February no. 5526 2009; (p. 26)

— Review of The Ancient Shore : Dispatches from Naples Shirley Hazzard , Francis Steegmuller , 2008 selected work prose
Life and Death in Naples Leslie Richardson , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Sewanee Review , Fall vol. 118 no. 4 2010; (p. 101-104)

— Review of The Ancient Shore : Dispatches from Naples Shirley Hazzard , Francis Steegmuller , 2008 selected work prose
'At Home in More Than One Place' : Cosmopolitanism in the Work of Shirley Hazzard Brigitta Olubas , 2010 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 320 2010; (p. 9-11)
Last amended 6 Jan 2009 16:00:09
Subjects:
  • Naples,
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    Italy,
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    Western Europe, Europe,
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