Another Literary Tour of Italy

Following the critical and commercial success of A Literary Tour of Italy, acclaimed novelist Tim Parks presents a new selection of his latest essays on Italian literature, offering a lively, accessible and stimulating diorama of the cultural landscape of Italy.Containing pieces on major figures such as Dante, Machiavelli, Leopardi and Manzoni, as well as articles on some of Italy''s best-known modern authors - from Pirandello and Pavese to Pasolini, Levi and Calvino, through to more recent writers such as Camilleri, Saviano and Ferrante - this book will delight and interest any lover of Italian culture, and confirms Tim Parks as one of the finest and most perceptive essay writers of his generation.>

Product details

• Authors: Tim Parks
• Publisher: Alma Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.04.2024
• EAN: 9781846884726
• ISBN: 978-1-84688-472-6
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 139 mm x 222 mm x 28 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Essays, feuilletons, literary criticism, interviews; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays, Italy, Literary studies: general