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Reviews for Carmen Via.

Masolino D'Amico. Author: Author Oscar Wilde through his letters, (Einaudi 1998), Screen writer: Dirty Linen 1999. Professor of English Language and Literature, University of Rome, theatre critic La Stampa.

“ Bernard Anson 's book is exquisitely written in a clear and limpid style. It is a book which escapes all categories, and its thoughts are always tempered by irony and understatement. It is a lyrical, mythical voyage, which was presented to me “for review” but which I ended by enjoying enormously.”

Michael Murphy. Author Future of the Body (Tarcher/Putnam 1992) and co-founder and Chairman of Esalen Institute, California .

“In Carmen Via, Dado Anson has opened up new vistas on the wondrous landscapes of Italy and the ancient peoples, myths and songs they embody. There is magic in this exquisite novel and a heightened sense of what it means to be truly alive.”


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This is a journey into the songlines of memory and imagination:
the unique view of a westerner on his heritage and what is might hold for us in this age of communication overload, conflict and environmental crisis.

The landscapes of the journey release their tales of civilization, of songs of creation, of myth, of spiritual vision, of man's age old quest through life.

This book is the fruit of many years research. It is a novel and, in the same breath, a guidebook for the physical and metaphysical traveller: a rich, compelling invitation to explore the ribbons of stories woven into the landscapes of Italy.

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