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Italian Ways: On and Off the Rails from Milan to Palermo
Tim Parks
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Description for Italian Ways: On and Off the Rails from Milan to Palermo
Paperback. Through memorable encounters with ordinary Italians - conductors and ticket collectors, priests and prostitutes, scholars and lovers, gypsies and immigrants, this title captures what makes Italian life distinctive. Num Pages: 288 pages, map (black and white). BIC Classification: 1DST; WGF; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 210.
‘All Italy is here’ Sunday Times
From the bestselling author of Italian Neighbours, An Italian Education and A Season with Verona
Longlisted for the Dolman Travel Book Award
In 1981 Tim Parks moved from England to Italy and spent the next thirty years alongside hundreds of thousands of Italians on his adopted country’s vast, various and ever-changing networks of trains.
Through memorable encounters with ordinary Italians – conductors and ticket collectors, priests and prostitutes, scholars and lovers, gypsies and immigrants – Tim Parks captures what makes Italian life distinctive. He explores how trains helped build Italy and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
208g
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099584254
SKU
V9780099584254
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Ref
99-99
About Tim Parks
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 ... Read more
Reviews for Italian Ways: On and Off the Rails from Milan to Palermo
All Italy is here, its history, its character, its flaws
Sunday Times
A treat equivalent to a ride on the Orient Express
Wall Street Journal
Like the best train journeys, you don’t want it to end
New Statesman
A very funny hosanna to Italian railroad locomotion in all its rackety glory
Evening Standard, ... Read more
Sunday Times
A treat equivalent to a ride on the Orient Express
Wall Street Journal
Like the best train journeys, you don’t want it to end
New Statesman
A very funny hosanna to Italian railroad locomotion in all its rackety glory
Evening Standard, ... Read more