La casa della vita

This is the most unusual autobiography I have ever read. It is the tale of a man's life told through his house, or to be more exact, the art and furnishings with which he endowed that house - room by room reflections, as it were, of his taste and experience, his various financial states, his travels Leggi tutto

Oh, Mario Praz, you strange, sweet man. This is the kind of book you (I) keep by your bedside in between other books to lull you to sleep with its cozy, bite-sized entries - a painting, a lamp, a bookshelf- he goes through every room and every object in his home, and somehow, in his incredibly erudi Leggi tutto

"The House of Life is, I believe, his masterpiece – a book unlike any other, and a much more complete expression of Mario Praz's sensibility than any of his other books. . . . The apartment is not like a private museum, because it composes a unit, because, like the book which describes it, it is the Leggi tutto

This was a beautifully written memoir, told through the objects that Praz collected over a 30 year period. Through them, he describes the memories he associates with the objects and they remind him of the great loves, joys and heartbreaks he experienced. You can still see many of the objects he coll Leggi tutto

Leyendo en el prólogo a ‘La casa de la vida’ que Mario Praz asistió al estreno de ‘Confidencias’ de Visconti y salió descontento de la proyección, caigo en la cuenta de que el personaje que encarnaba Lancaster, un profesor mayor encerrado en su torre de marfil de obras de arte y libros, se inspiraba Leggi tutto

Lugubrious

Ho letto questo libro per una ricerca che stavo facendo, a proposito della casa Museo Mario Praz, che si trova a Roma, e devo dire che ne sono rimasta davvero affascinata. In alcuni punti, forse la lettura è un po' faticosa a causa di tutte le opere che elenca e di tutti i rimandi storico culturali, Leggi tutto