A review by coolfoxe
A Time in Rome by Elizabeth Bowen

3.5

Lovely but challenging read. Having been to Rome myself, I enjoyed this evocation of it's atmosphere. However, this is not a story or even a journal. It is simply descriptive prose, ranging from retelling stories or lives of notable individuals, history of Roman society and Bowen's own impressions of great swathes of Rome. Difficult to get into, and maybe not everyone's cup of tea, but I'd be lying if I said I didn't enjoy it.