After graduating with honors from UCLA, Michael moved to Rome, Italy, with a rudimentary knowledge of Italian and no contacts. Over two years later, he returned to California as a fluent Italian speaker who had bartended at some of the most exclusive nightclubs across the Eternal City, serving the rich and beautiful. Midnight in Rome is the true story of Michael’s transition from UCLA graduate to illegal employee in after-hours Rome.
Why would anyone take on such an adventure?
“I wanted to learn Italian fluently. I wanted to live in a European capital. I wanted all the big city amenities: modern art, cinema, and nightlife; urban vibrancy: smog, pavement, buses, and taxies. Rome rolled all those things into one gushing metropolis,”
But he got so much more: A depleting bank account, exposure to hard drugs, the language barrier, and coming to terms with his own post-academic fate.
Midnight in Rome does not revolve around the well-known and conventional image of the Italian capital, but is instead an authentic insight into Rome’s international community and all the challenges that come with living in a foreign country.
Mary Menzel of http://AllTheseBooks.com describes Midnight in Rome as being “…for the adventurer or the adventurer at heart. It is the adventure we all look forward to when we get out of school or as we look back on our youth, the adventure we wish we would have taken.”
The Roman Forum Book Review, a monthly newspaper available throughout the city of Rome and by subscription worldwide, praised Midnight in Rome in their May 2008 issue:
“Gyulai has the enviable quality of finding the exact adjective to describe any given sensation, thought or observation. Midnight in Rome replenishes the Roman soul from the smog, noise and clutter … and will have you looking at this beautiful city with restored adoration.”
Millions of people visit Rome every year and think they know the city – now experience the Eternal City like never before and find out what happens after Midnight in Rome.
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Midnight in Rome by Michael Gyulai
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• Winner of the Publisher’s Choice Award from iUniverse
About The Author
Michael Gyulai was born in San Francisco, California, and graduated with honors from UCLA in 2004. He currently resides outside San Francisco. For more information and to read excerpts please visit MidnightInRome.com and MySpace.com/
Michael J. Gyulai
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michael@midnightinrome.com
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