num_pages: 285
description: A collection of essays exploring the world takes readers from Bensonhurst, to Budapest, to Morocco, to the Roman flat of Gore Vidal, and introduces them to such figures as Oprah Winfrey and Mario Cuomo. By the author of Italian Days. 12,500 first printing.
language: English
title: The Astonishing World
titlecomplete: The Astonishing World
genres: Essays, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 10
publisher: Ticknor & Fields