Roger Friedland

Amore

An American Father's Roman Holiday

Buch

As his twin daughters approached adolescence, sociologist Roger Friedland was worried. The thing that most bothered him was not the erotic heat of America’s youth culture, but the lovelessness of its sex. Offered the chance to live and teach in Rome, Roger and his wife, Debra, seized the opportunity to take their family to live in a city where love is alive, family bonds hold, divorce and rape are rare, and “ciao, bella” is a constant refrain.In Amore, Friedland shares the stories of his family’s enchanted and unnerving passage into the heart of Rome, and considers its lessons for America, where love is at risk.Amore is a love story, a father… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-06-232558-7
EAN: 9780062325587
Produktnummer: 15480218
Verlag: Harper Collins (US)
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
Seitenangabe: 432 S.
Ausstattung: Trade Paperback

Über den Autor

Roger Friedland is a cultural sociologist who studies love, sex, and God. Professor of Religious Studies and Sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and New York University, he is also the coauthor of The Fellowship: The Untold Story of Frank Lloyd Wright and the Taliesin Fellowship (with Harold Zellman). He lives with his wife in Santa Barbara, California.