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On Persephone's Island: A Sicilian Journal

by Mary Taylor Simeti · 1986 · 352 pages

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An American woman residing in Sicily for the past twenty years portrays the Sicilian landscape and customs—both rural and urban—from the perspectives of both a "foreigner" and a resident.

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Subject
travelhistorybiography
Setting
italysicilyeurope
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 352 pages

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