Vintage 1934 Roman Roundabout First Edition and 11 similar items

SARDINIAN SIDESHOW was one of the quiet successes of 1933. Never spectacular in its sales, it built steadily through the year, and won many friends for the author. That market is sure outlet for ROMAN ROUNDABOUT. And vice versa. The first book told of the experiences of the author and her artist husband, interned on the island of Sardinia during the early part of the war, as enemy aliens (she was Swedish but her husband was a Czech and therefore counted an Austrian.) Then came release and transfer to Rome, where they set up housekeeping in true artist fashion, and where this book takes up the thread. She has a rare faculty for giving color and humor and drama and personality to the simplest things, and the book is enchanting reading. Some may find those sections dealing with the underground activities in preparation for the declaration of Czech independence, a bit overburdened with difficult names and political discussions, but the vivid portraits of the leading actors in that minor drama of Europe fill a real place, as Masaryk, Vladja, Stefanik, Seba and so on come alive.