I was fascinated by the Devil's Bridge at Borgo a Mozzano in Tuscany and it became a crucial element in "Sparrow's Revenge: A Novel of Postwar Tuscany." A photo I took is on the cover of the book.
I became even more fascinated when I discovered that there were about 25 'devil's bridges' in Europe, all constructed about the same time (the Middle Ages) and all having the same Faustian story.
So I wrote an article about the bridges and submitted it to travel sections of newspapers. It appeared in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel yesterday, Sunday, March 1,and was in the Indianapolis Star on Feb. 1. It's also scheduled to run in the Dallas Morning News sometime in March. (You can also find it on this web page.)
Hi Paul, I clipped out your article from the March 1 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, and set it next to my computer, in hopes of finding a spare moment to email that I enjoyed your article so much. This was the first time I read your work, and came across it as a daily subscriber to the JS. Your storytelling was so enjoyable, and so rare to find. My favorite part was how the Devil appeared dressed as a monk: "The woman thought there was something fishy, however, because his feet seemed to be facing backward." I also liked the whimsy weaved into the history. Thank you for sharing your gift of writing!
Posted by: Carrie Michael | March 22, 2009 at 06:34 PM