Paul Hofmann (1) (1912–2008)
Auteur de That Fine Italian Hand
Pour les autres auteurs qui s'appellent Paul Hofmann, voyez la page de désambigüisation.
A propos de l'auteur
Crédit image: Paul Hofmann (1)
Œuvres de Paul Hofmann
The Spell of the Vienna Woods: Inspiration and Influence from Beethoven to Kafka (An Owl Book) (1994) 47 exemplaires
The Sunny Side of the Alps: Year-Round Delights in South Tyrol and the Dolomites (1995) 30 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1912-11-20
- Date de décès
- 2008-12-30
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA (naturalized, 1968)
- Lieu de naissance
- Vienna, Austria
- Lieux de résidence
- Vienna, Austria
Rome, Italy - Études
- University of Vienna
- Professions
- journalist
- Organisations
- New York Times
Membres
Critiques
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 13
- Membres
- 490
- Popularité
- #50,416
- Évaluation
- 3.4
- Critiques
- 4
- ISBN
- 30
- Langues
- 3
Things I learned about Rome from thirty years ago. Holidays and Sunday closures made it nearly impossible to by medicine or milk, but the good news was that you would be able to find parking. And speaking of cars in 1994, 16,000 people were permitted to take their cars into the center, but only 12,000 were admitted. Sounds like a scam to me. Although, fifty years earlier (1945), Hofmann was allowed to park his Jeep at the Vatican, thanks to being a war correspondent with the New York Times (Rome was just liberated by the Allies six month prior).
I love it when assumptions are turned on their heads. Here is one of mine. When I think of religious figures, I think of monks living in monasteries or ministers in parsonages. I think humble. Very humble. So, it was strange to read about a pope needing a heliport or an Italian air force to warn him of inclement weather before flying. Then it dawned on me...Vatican City. Oh.
Thanks to Hofmann's book, there are other elements of Rome I cannot wait to check out: is there some kind of memorial to Keats at No. 66 Piazza di Spagna? There was not at the time of Hofmann's book. Where do I find a mechanical creche? Does the C line from the Colosseum to the Vatican exist yet?
This is a charming book, albeit, a little outdated.… (plus d'informations)