A Little Romance Among The Ruins - A Memoir

  From the 20th century's graceful ocean liners to the flashy behemoths of today, what happened to the romance of ships? From Pan-American's 'Round The World Flight 101 to the flying sardine cans of today, what happened to the romance of flight? When the realism of motion picture film dissolved into soulless digital, whatever happened to the romance of cinema-the great Italian directors, the idyllic Merchant-Ivory productions? As I look back on my generation, the past has a clarity I can no longer see or hear in the present.