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18. AMERICANO ALL’ESTERO<br />

Lo scrittore americano, Gore Vidal, famoso<br />

romanziere, brillante commediografo, saggista<br />

pungente e polemico, spesso indirizza le<br />

sue frecce contro il governo degli Stati Uniti,<br />

denunciando la “Repubblica Imperiale”.<br />

Per alcuni decenni Vidal ha diviso il suo tempo<br />

tra la California e l’Italia. Come ospite si è<br />

astenuto dall’esercitare il suo acume critico<br />

contro l’Italia, preferendo godere senza commenti<br />

la bellezza e la comodità della sua villa,<br />

un nido d’aquila appollaiato sulla scogliera di<br />

Ravello. La foto fu scattata lì nel 1977.<br />

Il lungo capitolo della presenza di Vidal in Italia<br />

si concluse con la morte del suo p<strong>art</strong>ner,<br />

Howard Austen, e la Villa Rondinaia è stata<br />

venduta.<br />

Ravello, 1977<br />

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AMERICAN ABROAD<br />

The American writer, Gore Vidal, famous<br />

novelist, playwright, brilliant essayist and<br />

waspish polemicist, often directs his sharp barbs<br />

at the United States government, denouncing the<br />

foreign policy of the “Imperial Republic”.<br />

For some decades he divided his time between<br />

California and Italy. As a guest he refrained from<br />

exercising his critical acumen on Italy, preferring<br />

to enjoy without comment the beauty and creature<br />

comforts of an eyrie-like villa perched on a cliff at<br />

Ravello. The photograph was taken there in 1977.<br />

The long chapter of Vidal’s presence in Italy<br />

ended with the death of his life-time p<strong>art</strong>ner,<br />

Howard Austen, and the Villa Rondinaia has<br />

been sold.<br />

Ravello, 1977

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