A Place in Italy

Mawer, Simon

ISBN 10: 185619177X / ISBN 13: 9781856191777

Published by Sinclair-Stevenson, London, UK, 1992

First UK Edition, First Printing. This true first edition, first printing (first impression) with no reprint statement to the copyright page as called for to indicate a true first print in a very good Dust Jacket. The jacket has some wear and chipping to the corners while the book has pushing to the spine and tanning to the text. SIGNED and DATED by Simon Mawer to the title page.[ Simon Mawer, December 92] Very uncommon. Seller Inventory # 001868

Synopsis:

Everyone knows the great Italian cities, everyone has heard of Tuscany and Umbria, everyone yearns to hear Pavarotti or drive a Ferrari or wear a dress by Valentino. Everyone fears the mafia. But who knows Lazio? And who on earth has heard of Avea? This is a story of discovery of a village and through it a whole country, that hidden Italy which lies behind the familiar stereotypes. Together they lived Italy's delights and its frustrations, its agonies and its beauty. And they grew to love the country in a way that is too often denied the foreigner - for what it really is rather than for what the world perceives it to be. There is instead the true story of how two foreigners learned to eat the Italian way, drive the Italian way, survive the Italian way . . . and even to have a child the Italian way . . . and how in doing it they came to love this hidden corner of the most visited and least understood country in Europe.

Bibliographic Details

Title: A Place in Italy
Publisher: Sinclair-Stevenson, London, UK
Publication Date: 1992
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: 1st Edition