An Italian Education

Tim Parks

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Vintage
01 June 2001

Biography: general; Travel & holiday; Travel writing

'There is more here about the pleasurable business of coming from Italy than in any other book in the English language' - Independent

How does an Italian become Italian?

Or an Englishman English, for that matter?

Are foreigners born, or made?

In An Italian Education Tim Parks focuses on his own young children in the small village near Verona where he lives, building a fascinating picture of the contemporary Italian family at school, at home, at work and at play.

The result is a delight- at once a family book and a travel book, not quite enamoured with either children or Italy, but always affectionate, always amused and always amusing.

By: Tim Parks
Imprint: Vintage
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 197mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 275g
ISBN: 9780099286967
ISBN 10: 0099286963
Pages: 400
Publication Date: 01 June 2001
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Born in Manchester in 1954, Tim Parks moved permanently to Italy in 1980. Author of novels, non-fiction and essays, he has won the Somerset Maugham, Betty Trask and Llewellyn Rhys awards, and been shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize.His works include Destiny, Europa, Dreams of Rivers and Seas and the 'Italian series': Italian Neighbours, An Italian Education and A Season with Verona.

Reviews for An Italian Education

Spot-on - a very accurate, very entertaining and at the same time rather profound book * Daily Telegraph * Parks is more than just an effortless raconteur playing for laughs...he offers detailed cultural observation, witty yet eagle-eyed, of what makes Italians so Italian * The Times * Tim Parks is Italian enough to understand the country, foreign enough to see its peculiarities and talented enough to make them funny without resorting to cliche * Daily Express *

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