biographical conjuncture in Rome
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About twenty years ago my husband had a few days work in Rome, so I went with him. Sitting one fine spring morning on the terrace by our hotel, I opened the book I was reading, 'Julia', a memoir of the writer Julia Strachey by the diarist Frances Partridge. The memoir was based on entries in Partridge's dairy. The book fell open onto a page containing the following: 'April 9th 1964. Rome. Here we are, in a delightful pensione on the Aventine'. Those words sprang from the page like a cord from the past, as here was I, in a delightful pensione on the Aventine. On April 9th.
Date submitted:Sat, 14 Jan 2012 11:16:01 +0000Coincidence ID:3916
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