That Fine Italian Hand - Couverture souple

Hofmann, Paul

 
9780805017298: That Fine Italian Hand

Synopsis

No other people over so long a history have shown a greater knack for survival than the Italians. In this wryly affectionate book, Hofmann reveals his adopted countrymen in all their glorious paradoxes, capturing their national essence as no other book has done since Luigi Barzini's classic, The Italians. The national art of "arrangement"-- dodging taxes, double-dealing, working only as hard as one must-- is counteracted by Italian inventive genius, gusto for life, fierce individuality, deep family bonds (as well as animosities), and a marvelously hedonistic sophistication.

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À propos de l'auteur

Paul Hofmann was a foreign correspondent for The New York Times for almost thirty-five years and was chief of its Rome Bureau. He is the author of The Vatican's Women, and presently a contributor to the Sunday magazine of the Times, as well as its Travel section. He lives in Rome.

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9780805009774: That Fine Italian Hand

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0805009779 ISBN 13 :  9780805009774
Editeur : Henry Holt & Co, 1990
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