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The Roman Spring Of Mrs Stone
The Roman Spring Of Mrs Stone
Jul 13, 2025 7:00 AM

Author:Tennessee Williams

The Roman Spring Of Mrs Stone

Mrs Stone changed from a famous, rich American actress to a notorious, very rich American widow. But the transition took years and all that time her youth and legendary beauty slipped away. So she escapes to Rome. But even the distractions of the Eternal City cannot stop old age wrinkling its way into her life. Frantic, she decides to take a lover, a young and very handsome Italian, being prepared to invest in his body for good return. But the price is too expensive. Not in money, but in her dignity.

Reviews

The Roman spring is actually Mrs Stone's autumn...Superb...a sharp, witty and moving novel

—— Chicago Tribune

A brilliant accomplishment

—— Washington Post

As compelling, as fascinating and as technically skilful as his plays.

—— Publishers Weekly

Like all first-class comedians, he is deadly serious

—— Terry Eagleton , Stand

'Heaven to read, and you'll laugh like hell'

—— Time Out

'Not quite as sinister as the authors' photo'

—— The Times

'Hilarious Pratchett magic tempered by Neil Gaiman's dark steely style; who could ask for a better combination?'

—— Fear

'Good Omens is frequently hilarious, littered with funny footnotes and eccentric characters. It's also humane, intelligent, suspenseful, and fully equipped with a chorus of "Tibetans, Aliens, Americans, Atlanteans and other rare and strange creatures of the Last Days." If the end is near, Pratchett and Gaiman will take us there in style'

—— Locus

Murakami's exquisitely simple prose and deft evocation of the surreal are captivating and sublime

—— Sunday Times

The mysteries are never tainted by explanation, merely beautifully described, delivering a hypnotic read

—— Times Higher Education Supplement

Such is the exquisite, gossamer construction of Murakami's writing that everything he chooses to describe trembles with symbolic possibility

—— Guardian

Vintage Murakami [and] easily the most erotic of [his] novels

—— Los Angeles Times Book Review

[A] treat...Murakami captures the heartbeat of his generation and draws the reader in so completely you mourn when the story is done

—— Baltimore Sun

Murakami's most famous coming of age novel of love, loss and longing

—— Dazed and Confused

Catches the absorption and giddy rush of adolescent love... It is also, for all the tragic momentum and the apparently kamikaze consciousness of many of its characters, often funny and quirkily observed.

—— Times Literary Supplement

[A] treat . . . Murakami captures the heartbeat of his generation and draws the reader in so completely you mourn when the story is done.

—— The Baltimore Sun

One of the most poignant and evocative novels I have ever read

—— Palantinate

Poignant, romantic and hopeless, it beautifully encapsulates heartbreak and loss of faith

—— Sunday Times
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