Name: A Literary Tour of Italy
ISBN: 9781846883910

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Good for fans of ItalyGood for readers who enjoy Italian Literary Collections and Italian Literary Criticism.

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Authors: Tim Parks
Publisher: Alma
Published: November 29, 2016
Format: Ebook
Theme: Italian Literary Collections · Italian Literary Criticism
Reading lane: Italian Literary Collections

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Italian Literary Collections
Literary Collections
Italian Literary Criticism

About This Book

An acclaimed author of novels and short stories, Tim Parks--who was described in a recent review as "one of the best living writers of English"--has delighted audiences around the world with his finely observed writings on all aspects of Italian life and customs. This volume contains a selection of his best essays on the literature of his adopted country. From Boccaccio and Machiavelli through to Moravia and Tabucchi, from the Stil Novo to Divisionism, across centuries of hi...

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An acclaimed author of novels and short stories, Tim Parks--who was described in a recent review as "one of the best living writers of English"--has delighted audiences around the world with his finely observed writings on all aspects of Italian life and customs. This volume contains a selection of his best essays on the literature of his adopted country. From Boccaccio and Machiavelli through to Moravia and Tabucchi, from the Stil Novo to Divisionism, across centuries of history and intellectual movements, these essays will give English readers, and lovers of the Bel Paese and its culture, the lay of the literary land of Italy.