{"title":"Milton Gendel","description":"\u003cp\u003eMilton Gendel's works offer a unique perspective on history, blending personal reflection with a broader cultural context. His writing often explores the nuances of post-war Europe, capturing moments of transition and the subtle interplay between art, politics, and society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect insightful narratives that illuminate lesser-known facets of historical events, presented with a contemplative and evocative style. Gendel’s books invite an intimate engagement with the past, perfect for those drawn to thoughtful historical and cultural memoirs.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"just-passing-through-by-milton-gendel-9781250872579","title":"Just Passing Through","description":"\"I'm just passing through,\" Milton Gendel liked to say whenever anybody asked him what he was doing in Rome. Even after seven decades in the Eternal City, he refused to be pigeonholed. He was always an American-never an \"expat,\" never an émigré-but he couldn't leave, so deep were his ties, and this dual bond left an indelible imprint on his life and art.\n\nThough he was born in New York City, it was Rome that earned Gendel's enduring fascination-the city supplied him with endless outlets for his curiosity, a series of dazzling apartments in palazzi, the great loves of his life, and the scores of friendships that made his story inextricably part of the city's own. His diaries and photographs are a casement window thrown open onto a who's who of artists, writers, and socialites sojourning in the city: Mark Rothko, Princess Margaret, Alexander Calder, Anaïs Nin, Gore Vidal, Martha Gellhorn, Muriel Spark. His longtime home on the Isola Tiberina was the nerve center of the dolce vita generation, whose comings and goings and doings he immortalized in both words and images. \n\nHere, for the first time in print, are Gendel's diaries, together with his photographs, selected and edited by Cullen Murphy. Just Passing Through brings together the most striking artifacts of one of the past century's richest and most expansive lives, salted with wit and insight into the figures who defined an era.","brand":"Macmillan Publishers New Zealand Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48242686623980,"sku":"9781250872579","price":42.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781250872579-just-passing-through-1.jpg?v=1787975107"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/collections\/milton-gendel.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}