Italian Life - A Modern Fable of Loyalty and Betrayal
Verlag | Random House UK |
Auflage | 2021 |
Seiten | 368 |
Format | 12,9 x 3,5 x 19,8 cm |
B-format paperback | |
Gewicht | 292 g |
Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
EAN | 9781529112580 |
Bestell-Nr | 52911258UA |
'Parks...offers detailed cultural observation, witty yet eagle-eyed, of what makes Italians so Italian' The Times
How does Italy really work?
When Valeria travels from hot, dusty Basilicata to begin her studies in a northern university town, she has little idea of the kind of education she will find there. Italian Life is her story, and that of the students and professors around her: a story of power and corruption, influence and exclusion, and the workings of a society where your connections are everything.
Written with flair and insight, Italian Life joins Tim Parks' bestselling books about his beloved and paradoxical adopted country. It is a gripping, entertaining, behind-the-scenes account of how Italy actually happens, and the ways it can surprise those who know it inside out.
'A satisfyingly truthful, entertaining and provocative comedy' Daily Telegraph
Rezension:
'The best interpreter of Italian ways in Italy' Sunday Herald