A literary tour of Italy
By: Tim Parks
Edition: New mass-market edition.
Publisher: Alma Books
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 387
ISBN-13: 9781846883910
Subjects: Italian literature; Italian Authors; History and criticism
Description: LITERARY ESSAYS. An acclaimed author of novels and short stories, Tim Parks - who was described in a recent review as "one of the best living writers of English" - has delighted audiences around the world with his finely observed writings on all aspects of Italian life and customs. This volume contains a selection of his best essays on the literature of his adopted country.From Boccaccio and Machiavelli through to Moravia and Tabucchi, from the Stil Novo to Divisionism, across centuries of history and intellectual movements, these essays will give English readers, and lovers of the Bel Paese and its culture, the lay of the literary land of Italy.
Notes: Previous edition published in 2015.

"With an additional essay, Family Sayings, first published...in 2016"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references.