Tim Parks

Italian Neighbours

An Englishman in Verona

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

But like any place that's become home I hate it too."How does an Englishman cope when he moves to Italy - not the tourist idyll but the real Italy? When Tim Parks first moved to Verona he found it irresistible and infuriating in equal measure;

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Random House UK / Vintage, London
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 635576
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Mai 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 200mm x 165mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 220g
• ISBN-13: 9780099286950
• ISBN-10: 0099286955
• Artikelnr.: 14714681

Autorenporträt

Born in Manchester, Tim Parks grew up in London and studied at Cambridge and Harvard. In 1981 he moved to Italy where he has lived ever since. He is the author of novels, non-fiction and essays, including Europa, Cleaver, A Season with Verona and Teach Us to Sit Still. He has won the Somerset Maugham, Betty Trask and Llewellyn Rhys awards, and been shortlisted for the Booker Prize. He lectures on literary translation in Milan, writes for publications such as the New Yorker and the New York Review of Books, and his many translations from the Italian include works by Moravia, Calvino, Calasso, Tabucchi and Machiavelli.

Rezensionen

A clever, entertaining book...charged with a sense of purpose Sunday Times