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A Literary Tour of Italy Author: Tim Parks

ISBN: 9781846883910 Format: Paperback Number Of Pages: 300 Published: 22 June 2016 Country of Publication: GB Dimensions (cm): 19.8 x 13.0 x 2.6 Description: A unique selection of Tim Parks's best essays on Italian Literature

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.

About the Author

Tim Parks is the author of fourteen novels, including Europa (shortlisted for the Booker prize), Destiny, Cleaver, Sex Is Forbidden and, most recently, Painting Death, all of them translated into many languages. As well as being a n...

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