- Paperback: 336 pages
- Publisher: Vintage; New edition edition (11 Mar 1993)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0749311029
- ISBN-13: 978-0749311025
- Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 12.6 x 2.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 735,816 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Tim Parks celebrates ten years of living in Italy with this account of the delights and foibles of Italian life. With an Italian wife and family, he is able to introduce the reader to a gallery of characters. Tim Parks won the Somerset Maugham Award and the Betty Trask Award for "Tongues of Flame" and the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize for "Loving Roger".
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23 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
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Accurate, Amusing and Perceptive,
By Vince Cabrera (Wellington, NZ) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Italian Neighbours: An Englishman in Verona (Paperback)
After years of despairing over writers who do zero research before setting a book in Italy, over authors that don't even bother to check the spelling of the words they put into their Italian characters' mouths (Mario Puzo is one hilarious example), I have finally come across this terrific book.Tim Parks has truly lived here. He has had a good look around and understood what he has seen- I have never read such an accurate book on Italian society and mores as seen from a foreigner's point of view. As the previous reviewer has noted, this is NOT a travel book: the author prefers to describe it as "an arrival book". It is a humourous and charming study of Italian culture by a writer who has chosen to make his home here. Be warned though. Parks uses a LOT of Italian terms and phrases and this is probably unavoidable. His characters would sound stilted otherwise. The down side is that if you are not quite familiar with the Italian language this book could be a bit trying on your patience as a reader. To be fair though, one must add that it's nothing a good dictionary couldn't fix and that it's well worth persevering.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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This review is from: Italian Neighbours: An Englishman in Verona (Paperback)
I really enjoyed this book. It's a pleasant, easy read, and gives a very good insight into Italian culture and ways of thought. The author married an Italian woman and is raising a family in Italy near Verona, so he knows what he's talking about. Tim Parks writes with humour, as well as dealing with more serious topics at times. I recommend this book.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent book,
By A Customer
This review is from: Italian Neighbours: An Englishman in Verona (Paperback)
Tim Parks gives candid accounts of the Italian people he encounters without being cutting or negative. It is a warm and humourous book, I whole-heartedly recommend it. An Italian Education is also a great read. This is not a book that is attempting to give you an account of what a holiday would be like in Italy, it is an indepth attempt to understand the Italian people and Italian life. Tim Parks' wit is sharp and the book is amusing as well as enlightening. Tim Parks' novels are also excellent, particulary Cara Massimina and Mimi's Ghost.
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