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100 1 $aPhelps, Daphne.
245 12 $aA house in Sicily /$cDaphne Phelps.
250 $a1st Carroll & Graff ed.
260 $aNew York :$bCarroll & Graff,$c1999.
300 $axiv, 270 pages :$billustrations (some color) ;$c22 cm
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520 $a"This is the captivating memoir of a resourceful woman who started life anew in the "most beautiful house in Sicily." For fifty years, at Casa Cuseni in the small Sicilian town of Taormina, Daphne Phelps has extended her English charm and warm hospitality to seasoned travelers and professional escapists as well as to writers and artists like Tennessee Williams, Bertrand Russell, Henry Faulkner, and Roald Dahl. This memoir tells their story, and hers. It begins in 1947 when, thirty-four years old and war-weary, a modest Englishwoman arrived in Taormina with little Italian, less money, and a plan to sell the property she had unexpectedly inherited. Instead, she fell in love, not just with the airy quarters of the golden stone house on a hillside but also with a community and its way of life. To save Casa Cuseni from certain demolition, Daphne converted her enchanting inheritance into the wondrous pensione that for nearly half a century she has run with the blessing of every Taorminan from the local silk-shirted godfather, Don Ciccio, to Concetta Genio, her steadfast cook, housekeeper, and friend. "A loving portrait ... of a vanishing way of life." -- from the publisher.
505 00 $tForeword /$rDenis Mack Smith --$tThe First Months --$tThe Decision to Stay --$tThe Baronessa, Giuliano and the Rat --$tProblems/I Become a Locandiera --$tA Very Marriageable House --$tVincenzino --$tBeppe --$tConcetla --$tMrs Dylan Thomas --$tThe Godfather --$tSocial Work in Sicily --$tArchaeology --$tPuppets' Godmother --$tPolicemen --$tBertrand Russell --$tSiciliana.$tA Generous Heart.$tThe English Way.$tThe Crucifix.$tOur Local Venus --$tA Generous Aunt --$tAngelo and his Women --$tHenry Faulkner --$tDogs and Ducks --$tRoald Dabl --$tIn Somma.
600 10 $aPhelps, Daphne$xHomes and haunts$zItaly$zSicily.
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651 0 $aSicily (Italy)$xDescription and travel.
651 0 $aSicily (Italy)$xSocial life and customs.
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650 4 $aGardens$zItaly$zSicily.
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651 7 $aItaly$zSicily.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01204499
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