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26%OFFBeppe Severgnini - La Bella Figura - 9780340936030 - V9780340936030
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La Bella Figura

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Description for La Bella Figura Paperback. WATCHING THE ENGLISH for the Italians.. an affectionate, witty guide to Italians at their most enchanting and infuriating Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; WTH; WTL; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 236.

'First of all, let's get one thing straight. Your Italy and out Italia are not the same thing. Italy is a soft drug peddled in predictable packages such as hills in the sunset, olive groves, white wine and raven haired girls. Italia, on the other hand, is a maze. It's alluring but complicated. In Italia you can go round and round in circles for years. Which of course, is great fun.'

Beppe Severgnini was The Economist's Italian correspondent for ten years. A huge Anglophile as well as an astute observer of his countrymen, he's the perfect ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Weight
240 g
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780340936030
SKU
V9780340936030
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Ref
99-99

About Beppe Severgnini
Beppe Severgnini is a columnist for Italy's largest-circulation daily newspaper, Corriere della Sera and covered Italy for The Economist from 1993 to 2003. He is also the author of the international bestseller Ciao, America! Beppe lived in London for more than fifteen years and is a self-confessed Anglophile. He now lives with his family in Crema on the outskirts of ... Read more

Reviews for La Bella Figura
'A keen observer of human nature, he watches his compatriots with amused insight... Laugh-out-loud funny.'
International Herald and Tribune
'A luscious disquisition on the Italian national character'
The Washington Post

Goodreads reviews for La Bella Figura


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