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<p>A blending of art and cultural criticism, travel writing, and personal narrative, Sicilian Odyssey is Francine Prose's imaginative consideration of the diverse cultural legacies found juxtaposed and entangled on the Mediterranean island of Sicily. She writes of the intensity of Sicily, the "commitment to the extreme," where the history is more colorful, the sun hotter, the cooking earthier, the violence more horrific, the carnival more raucous, the politics more Byzantine than other places on
Who reads Sicilian Odyssey (Directions)?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Prose, Francine
- Publisher
- National Geographic Society
- Published
- 2003
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781426209086
- Category
- travel
- Subjects
- Fiction, History, Biography
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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