Two Cities
Two Cities by Cynthia Zarin, published by Simon and Schuster on August 11, 2020, is a 112-page exploration of the cities of Venice and Rome through the lens of personal experience. In this work, Zarin, an acclaimed poet and writer for The New Yorker, offers a meditation on how love and loss influence the essence of these iconic locations, presenting them as living entities shaped by human emotion and history.
Readers will find a vivid portrayal of both cities, as Zarin navigates through their streets, capturing the beauty of landmarks such as the Venice Biennale, the Tiber, and the Piazza di Spagna. The narrative intertwines art and travel, inviting readers to experience the intricate details of these places, from the pigeons at San Marco to the parrots in the Doria Pamphili. As part of the renowned ekphrasis series, Two Cities allows the cities themselves to emerge as characters, reflecting the profound connection between the writer and the landscapes she traverses.
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From acclaimed poet and New Yorker writer Cynthia Zarin comes a deeply personal meditation on two cities, Venice and Rome—each a work of art, both a monument to the past—and on how love and loss shape places and spaces.
Here we encounter a writer deeply engaged with narrative in situ—a traveler moving through beloved streets, sometimes accompanied, sometimes solo. With her, we see, anew, the Venice Biennale, the Lagoon, and San Michele, the island of the dead; the Piazza di Spagna, the Tiber, the view from the Gianicolo; the pigeons at San Marco and the parrots in the Doria Pamphili. As a poet first and foremost, Zarin’s attention to the smallest details, the loveliest gesture, brings Venice and Rome vividly to life for the reader.
The sixteenth book in the expanding, renowned ekphrasis series, Two Cities creates space for these two historic cities to become characters themselves, their relationship to the writer as real as any love affair.
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