Italian Neighbours

Zusammenfassung In this deliciously seductive account of an Italian neighborhood with a statue of the Virgin at one end of the street! a derelict bottle factory at the other! and a wealth of exotic flora and fauna in between! acclaimed novelist Tim Parks celebrates ten years of living with his wife! Rita! in Verona! Italy. Via Colombre! the main street in a village just outside Verona! offers an exemplary hodgepodge of all that is new and old in the bel paese! a point of collision between invading suburbia and diehard peasant tradition in a sometimes madcap! sometimes romantic always mixed-up world of creeping vines! stuccoed walls! shotguns! security cameras! hypochondria! and expensive sports cars. Tim Parks is anything but a gentleman in Verona. With an Italian-born wife! an Italian made family! and a whole Italian condominium bubbling around him! he collects a gallery full of splendid characters who initiate us into all the foibles and delights of life in provincial Italy. More than a travel book! Italian Neighbors is a sparkling! witty! beautifully observed tale of how the most curious people and places gradually assume the familiarity of home. Italian Neighbors is a rare work that manages to be both a portrait and an invitation for everyone who has ever dreamed about Italy.

Product details

• Authors: Tim Parks
• Publisher: Grove/Atlantic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 30.09.2003
• EAN: 9780802140340
• ISBN: 978-0-8021-4034-0
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 210 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Travel > Travel guides > Europe; HISTORY / Social History, Italy, Travel writing, Relating to Christian people & groups, Social and cultural history, Travel and holiday guides, c 1990 to c 1999, CULTURAL HERITAGE / Italian, flora;fauna;Verona;travel;witty;home;portrait;dream, flora; fauna; Verona; travel; witty; home; portrait; dream