Italian Neighbours

Tim. Parks

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Language: English

Published by Heinemann, 1992

043457743X / 9780434577439

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Minimal wear to cover. Pages clean and binding tight. shelf wear. bumped edges. Hardcover. 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 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.…

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Title
Italian Neighbours
Author
Tim. Parks
Publisher
Heinemann
Publication year
1992
Condition
Very Good
Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
ISBN 10
043457743X
ISBN 13
9780434577439
Edition
First Edition.
Item weight
1.32 pounds

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