A Literary Tour of Italy
(Sprache: Englisch)
An acclaimed author of novels and short stories, Tim Parks has delighted readers with his finely observed writings on all aspects of Italian life and customs. This is a collection of his best essays on the literature of his adopted country. From Boccaccio...
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An acclaimed author of novels and short stories, Tim Parks has delighted readers with his finely observed writings on all aspects of Italian life and customs. This is a collection of his best essays on the literature of his adopted country. From Boccaccio and Machiavelli to Moravia and Tabucchi, from the Stil Novo to Divisionism, across centuries of history and intellectual movements.
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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.
Autoren-Porträt von Tim Parks
Tim Parks is the author of "Adultery and Other Diversions" and "Europa." He currently teaches at the Instituto Universitario di Lingue Moderne, Milan. He has twice won the prestigious John Florio prize and the Italio Calvino award for literay translation from Italian.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Tim Parks
- 2016, 400 Seiten, Maße: 12,7 x 19,6 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Bloomsbury Trade
- ISBN-10: 1846883911
- ISBN-13: 9781846883910
- Erscheinungsdatum: 26.05.2016
Sprache:
Englisch
Pressezitat
There are many ways of touring the land that Italians, following Dante, call il bel paese, and Parks is as perceptive a guide as could be wished. TLS
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