About this title: The 'fatal charm of Italy' has held Lord Byron - and millions of tourists ever since - in its spell. Yet, beneath 'the brilliant and vivacious surface', what are the realities of Italian life? Few writers have ever painted a portrait of their compatriots as crisp, frank and fearless as Luigi Barzini's. Cutting through the familiar cliches, he ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Atheneum, New York
Date Published: 1964
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Ex-library. Nice hard cover, lightly read, acetate over dust jacket, 1"x3" piece cut out of top of dust jacket back, library stamps and stickers, stk #2426j8. xvi, 352 p. : maps.; 25 cm. Includes Maps. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Bantam
Date Published: 1965
Description: Good. No dust jacket. A reading copy. Do expect any of these problems, old store stamps, prices, bends, creases, dogears, and the usual turning yellow thing. Still quite readable to enjoy for personal or school reading. Save Fuel! Let Your Mouse do the Running. read more
Binding: Board book
Publisher: Scribner
Date Published: 1977-02-01
ISBN-13:9780689705403ISBN:0689705409
Description: Good. Light Shelfwear Overall. Scuffed Covers. Faintly Creased Spine. Edgewear. Erasures on first page. No Marks in text. c01s02. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Bantam, Toronto: London
ISBN-13:9780552656672ISBN:0552656674
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. xvi, 367p. : 4 maps; 18 cm. Includes Maps. Originally published: New York: Atheneum; London: Hamilton, 1964. Includes index. read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Very Good. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
"This is a great book. Written in 1964 by an Italian politician, he pulls no punches. He puts all that has happended in Italy for the last hundreds of years in perspective. He gives his own views on why Italy is the way it is, why it is incapable of being a world leader, and also why at the same time so many folks are drawn to it. A must read for anyone intending to visit Italy, but even if not this book is still a very interesting read on Italian history. One very interesting chapter on Siicily and the Mafia leads me to be believe that the author of The Godfather studied this book before writing that novel."
"This is a terrific book, so useful and interesting to those of us who LOVE Italy and the Italians, but who are often completely puzzled by them! He delves into their history and psychology in a humorous, respectful, and even-handed way, not shying away from or avoiding the many inconsistencies and contradictions in their character!"
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