When in Florence

By Richard Cortez Day

Book Overview

On an April afternoon in Via della Spada in Florence, Italy, an old man collapses. As he breathes his last, a crowd gathers, and Guido Iannotti's spirit soars forth on its comic, cosmic journey. When in Florence is a richly varied series of fifteen interwoven stories, in which a minor character in one story becomes the major character in another.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385231571
• ISBN13: 9780385231572
• Release Date: January 1986
• Publisher: Doubleday
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.3" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

A very readable "cycle of stories" based in Florence

I am very impressed with Richard Cortez Day's "cycle of stories" based in Florence, Italy with characters both native and foreign, several featuring Americans. Each tells a story about a character that was just encountered in the previous one, and is told with wit and charm. Part of the fun is trying to spot the next story's character in the story you are reading. I felt I could easily take this book to Florence with me and wish to compare my experience with that of the characters portrayed. They seemed very real, and the author has the facility of painting a broad picture of both characters and scene with few words. From the descriptions of the city I thought that I would not feel a stranger on a first visit. This was a book I had a hard time putting down and found it to be well written, memorable and enjoyable reading.