{"id":60843,"date":"2013-10-04T15:58:57","date_gmt":"2013-10-04T19:58:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=60843"},"modified":"2013-10-04T16:23:01","modified_gmt":"2013-10-04T20:23:01","slug":"taiye-selasi-rome-italy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2013\/10\/04\/taiye-selasi-rome-italy\/","title":{"rendered":"Taiye Selasi, Rome, Italy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>A series on what writers from around the world see from their windows.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Taiye_Selasi.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Taiye_Selasi.jpg\" alt=\"Taiye_Selasi\" width=\"640\" height=\"265\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60900\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This summer I wrote my first ever article in Italian, considering why the Eternal City lures so many expat authors. In my limited Italian, I proposed three reasons\u2014the beauty, the warmth, the un-ambitiousness\u2014all of which come to mind when gazing at this view. When the sun begins to slip behind the gilded greens of the Janiculum, I\u2019ll stare at the dome of St. Peter\u2019s Basilica, breathless every time. The sheer beauty of this ancient city\u2014the scale of its churches, the density of its trees, the pastels of its facades, the voluptuousness of its clouds\u2014is on full display from here.<\/p>\n<p>My watch is the clock atop the Basilica of Our Lady in Trastevere, adding its chimes to the cheerful din of chatter, car horns, laughter. There\u2019s never a dull moment in the Piazza of Santa Maria in Trastevere; one can sense as much as hear the joy of social gathering. But it is Rome\u2019s imperfection that I find so beguiling, an invitation to play: seagulls squawking, <em>nonne<\/em> bickering, paint chipping from the walls. &mdash;Taiye Selasi<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A series on what writers from around the world see from their windows. This summer I wrote my first ever article in Italian, considering why the Eternal City lures so many expat authors. 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