Stitch

by Richard Stern (Creator), Ingrid D. Rowland (Foreword)

Set against the splendor of Venice, Stitch is the moving story of the meeting between a group of Americans and a world-famous sculptor. Stitch, a character whom certain critics have recognized as one of the most remarkable portraits of Ezra Pound, is a man who has shaped and been shaped by the most profound intellectual and political experiences of the 20th century. What the Americans learn from him comprises the brilliant center of this novel.

Genres: Fiction

220 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1965

Reviews

[Mike · Rating 4 out of 5]

This hyper-literate take of ex-patriots in Italy turns Europe into one large metaphor for the past and how it affects us.

[Corey · Rating 5 out of 5]

He should be more widely known and read.
From Stitch: “And what counted after the greatest spurt of nature, conception—that packaged history of matter—was the interweaving of the creature with speech, gesture, song, knowledge, with what had been. You could look at life large or small. Artist had to look at it large, too large to be lovingly recorded except in detail.”