Italian Life: A Modern Fable of Loyalty and Betrayal
Book formats
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Paperback 2 430руб.
Book short specifications
- Author
- Tim Parks
- Pages
- 368
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Language
- english
- Release date
- July 29, 2021
- ISBN
- 978-1-5291-1258-0
- GTIN
- 9781529112580
- Weight, g
- 293
About
'Parks...offers detailed cultural observation, witty yet eagle-eyed, of what makes Italians so Italian' The Times
How does Italy really work?
When Valeria travels from hot, dusty Basilicata to begin her studies in a northern university town, she has little idea of the kind of education she will find there. Italian Life is her story, and that of the students and professors around her: a story of power and corruption, influence and exclusion, and the workings of a society where your connections are everything.
Written with flair and insight, Italian Life joins Tim Parks' bestselling books about his beloved and paradoxical adopted country. It is a gripping, entertaining, behind-the-scenes account of how Italy actually happens, and the ways it can surprise those who know it inside out.
'A satisfyingly truthful, entertaining and provocative comedy' Daily Telegraph