A city with personality – New Orleans / 1
Posted by nickmarco on May 28, 2008
I’ll gather my thoughts about New Orleans soon… I came back from there on the last Monday. Just a short consideration now.
Some days before I left, I went to a bookstore. I was holding 3 books: a Frommer’s guidebook and two books by authors who lived in New Orleans and wanted to tell stories about it. After a moment’s hesitation, I left the guidebook and bought the other two books. Then some tips by people who went there before me and a map were all I needed.
You can go to New Orleans with too different states of mind: I want to drink and have fun is the first; I want to understand this place is the other. I think I managed to melt both those aspects, even though the second was my main concern, was the one I privileged.
Actually, I am not sure I understood New Orleans. But I can certainly say that the books I read before I left and when I was there were right: New Orleans is a place one of a kind, a city that can not leave you cold, “a city with personality”.
Rob Walker – Letters from New Orleans
Tom Piazza – Why New Orleans Matters?
[William Faulkner - New Orleans Skecthes]
Anonymous said
la tua scrittura in italiano è più interessante di tua scrittura in inglese. It’s not about the way you write, it’s the language itself. English is a dry language, I think.
However, your stories about N.O. are really nice. You sure tried to invite your readers to your journey~ very colorful and flavorful. I can almost see and hear everything.
marco said
Thank you!
Of course I feel much more comfortable with Italian, I wish I could write in English and express the same way what I saw and felt… Anyway, this is one of the reason for this blog to be written and I hope it will help me to improve my English writing.
Thanks again for the comment and compliments