Italian Neighbours

An Englishman in Verona

Tim Parks (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

336 Seiten

2001
Vintage (Verlag)
978-0-09-928695-0 (ISBN)

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"Am I giving the impression that I don't like the Veneto? It's not true. I love it. But like any place that's become home I hate it too."

How does an Englishman cope when he moves to Italy - not the tourist idyll but the real Italy? When Tim Parks first moved to Verona he found it irresistible and infuriating in equal measure; this book is the story of his love affair with it. Infused with an objective passion, he unpicks the idiosyncrasies and nuances of Italian culture with wit and affection. Italian Neighbours is travel writing at its best.

Born in Manchester, Tim Parks grew up in London and studied at Cambridge and Harvard. In 1981 he moved to Italy where he has lived ever since. He is the author of novels, non-fiction and essays, including Europa, Cleaver, A Season with Verona and Teach Us to Sit Still. He has won the Somerset Maugham, Betty Trask and Llewellyn Rhys awards, and been shortlisted for the Booker Prize. He lectures on literary translation in Milan, writes for publications such as the New Yorker and the New York Review of Books, and his many translations from the Italian include works by Moravia, Calvino, Calasso, Tabucchi and Machiavelli.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	3.5.2001
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	129 x 198 mm
Gewicht	233 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
	Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Europa
ISBN-10	0-09-928695-5 / 0099286955
ISBN-13	978-0-09-928695-0 / 9780099286950
Zustand	Neuware