Fleeting Rome

Fleeting Rome is a vibrant and evocative portrayal of everyday life in Rome from the end of World War II to the student movements of the 1960s. Levi skilfully and lovingly sketches a portrait of the city and of its inhabitants through changing seasons and changing times. Levi revels in the riotous celebrations for New Year and the many festivals through the year and rejoices in the beauty of the city in the early morning mist. He introduces the civil servant who spends his days collecting wild asparagus (a perfect employee who takes up no room in his office and causes no scandals), a peasant who wishes to be a writer, a writer who prefers football to talking about literature and thieves who masquerade as policemen. Rome for Levi is a constant joyous adventure that at every encounter and every street presents the casual stroller with a new and hidden delight.