Italy: A Traveler's Literary Companion (Traveler's Literary Companions)
Lawrence Venuti is a distinguished translator of Italian literature, as well as an internationally known translation theorist and historian. He has lived in Florence and Rome and has lectured extensively throughout Italy. He has received awards from PEN America Center, the NEA and the NEH. He reviews Italian fiction for "The New York Times" and is professor of English at Temple University in Philadelphia.