The Dark Heart of Italy

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Informação do Produto

ISBN9780571302932
AutoresTobias Jones
EditoraFaber & Faber
FormatoCapa mole
Número de páginas352
Peso (kg)0,280
Data de Publicação18/07/2013
Preço (iva excl.)€ 15,33
Imposto€ 0,92
Preço (iva inc.)€ 16,25
Disponibilidade3 unidades em armazém externo

Descrição do Produto

An essential guide to the strange, sometimes sinister culture of contemporary Italy.

When Tobias Jones first travelled to Italy, he expected to discover the pastoral bliss described by centuries of foreign visitors and famous writers. Instead, he discovered a very different country, besieged by unfathomable terrorism and deep-seated paranoia, where crime is scarcely ever met with punishment.

Now, in this fascinating travelogue, Jones explores not just Italy''s familiar delights (art, climate, cuisine), but the livelier and stranger sides of the bel paese: language, football, Catholicism, cinema, television and terrorism. Why, he wonders, do bombs still explode every time politics start getting serious? Why does everyone urge him to go home as soon as possible, saying that Italy is a ''brothel''? And why do people warn him that ''Clean Hands'' only disguise ''Dirty Feet''?