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The Secrets Of Italy: People, Places, And Hidden HistoriesStock informationGeneral Fields
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DescriptionThere is Michelangelo, but also the mafia. Pavarotti, but also Berlusconi. The debonair Milanese, but also the infamous captain of the Costa Concordia cruise ship. This is Italy, admired and reviled, a country that has guarded her secrets and confounded outsiders for centuries. At a time when this Italian paradox is more evident than ever, cultural authority Corrado Augias poses the puzzling questions: how did it get this way? How can this peninsula be simultaneously the home of geniuses and criminals, the cradle of beauty and the butt of jokes? An instant #1 bestseller in Italy, Augias' latest sets out to rediscover the story - different from the history - of his country. Beginning with how Italy is seen from the outside and from the inside, he weaves a geo-historical narrative, passing through principal cities, re-reading classics and biographies of the people that have, for better or worse, made Italians who they are. Reviews."..a fantastic collection of anecdotes and quirky stories about the Italian people and mysterious places up and down the book." -"Foreword Magazine""TOP 10 Travel: Native son Corrado Augias focuses on what makes Italy tick as he takes the country apart, exploring its history, its cities, its literature, and its contradictions, contrasting Michelangelo with the Mafia, Pavarotti with Berlusconi, to discover the nature of the Italian character." -"Publisher's Weekly" |