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by Tim Parks

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A New York Times Notable Book of the Year: A deliciously entertaining account of expatriate life in a small village just outside Verona, Italy.

Tim Parks is anything but a gentleman in Verona. So after ten years of living with his Italian wife, Rita, in a typical provincial Italian neighborhood, the novelist found that he had inadvertently collected a gallery full of splendid characters. In this wittily observed account, Parks introduces readers to his home town, with a statue of the Virgin at one end of the street, a derelict bottle factory at the other, and a wealth of exotic flora and fauna in between.

Via Colombare, the village's main street, offers an exemplary hodgepodge of all that is new and old in the bel paese, a point of collision between invading suburbia and diehard peasant tradition. It is a world of creeping vines, stuccoed walls, shotguns, security cameras, hypochondria, and expensive sports cars. More than a mere travelogue, Italian Neighbors is a vivid portrait of the real Italy and a compelling story of how even the most foreign people and places gradually assume the familiarity of home.

"One of the most delightful travelogues imaginable . . . so vivid, so packed with delectable details." --Los Angeles Times Book Review


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  • Title Italian Neighbors
  • Author Tim Parks
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 272
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Grove Press, New York, New York, U.S.A.
  • Publication date 2003-10-07
  • ISBN 9780802140340 / 0802140343
  • Weight 0.59 lbs (0.27 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.25 x 5.5 x 0.8 in (20.96 x 13.97 x 2.03 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Italy
    • Ethnic Orientation: Italian
  • Category Travel - Foreign
  • Library of Congress subjects Montecchio (Verona, Italy) - Description and, Montecchio (Verona, Italy) - Social life and
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 91044046
  • Dewey Decimal Code 945.34

About the author

Tim Parks is the author of fifteen works of fiction and nonfiction including Europa, which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize, Italian Education, and A Season with Verona.

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