Ranging from anthology pieces such as 'Weathers' to the love poems, this work includes poems, nearly 80 in total, which are set in the context of the author's life and thought, including personal writings by him and those closest to him. He wrote after the death of his first wife and the meditations on war and philosophy.
In Venice, Frances Croy is working to leave the previous year behind: another novel published to little success, a scathing review she can't quite manage to forget, and, most of all, the real reason behind her self-imposed exile from London: the incident at the Savoy. Sequestered within an aging palazzo, Frankie finds comfort in the emptiness of Venice in winter, in the absence of others. And then Gilly appears.