The secrets of Italy : people, places, and hidden histories
Augias, Corrado2014
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There is Michelangelo, but also the mafia. Pavarotti, but also Berlusconi. The debonair Milanese, but also the infamous captain of the Costa Concordia cruise ship. This is Italy, admired and reviled, a country that has guarded her secrets and confounded outsiders for centuries. At a time when this Italian paradox is more evident than ever, cultural authority Corrado Augias poses the puzzling questions: how did it get this way? How can this peninsula be simultaneously the home of geniuses and criminals, the cradle of beauty and the butt of jokes? An instant #1 bestseller in Italy, Augias' latest sets out to rediscover the story of his country.There is Michelangelo, but also the mafia. Pavarotti, but also Berlusconi. The debonair Milanese, but also the infamous captain of the Costa Concordia cruise ship. This is Italy, admired and reviled, a country that has guarded her secrets and confounded outsiders for centuries. At a time when this Italian paradox is more evident than ever, cultural authority Corrado Augias poses the puzzling questions: how did it get this way? How can this peninsula be simultaneously the home of geniuses and criminals, the cradle of beauty and the butt of jokes? An instant #1 bestseller in Italy, Augias' latest sets out to rediscover the story - different from the history - of his country.
Main title:
The secrets of Italy : people, places, and hidden histories / Corrado Augias ; translated from the Italian by Alta L. Price.
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Imprint:
New York, NY : Rizzoli Ex Libris, [2014], c2014.New York, NY : Rizzoli Ex Libris, [2014]Ù2014.New York, NY Rizzoli Ex Libris, [2014]
Collation:
xx, 220 pages ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Originally published in Italian as "I Segreti d'Italia". Milan : RCS Libri S.p.A., 2012.Includes bibliographical references (pages [202]-213) and index.Translation of: I segreti d'Italia.
Contents:
Italians as seen from the outside -- Italians as seen from the inside -- Leopardi in Rome -- Palermo, on the border between two worlds -- The discovery of the south -- Paradise and its devils -- He lingered a little, then left the world -- The good duchess -- Milan, both good and bad -- Last judgments -- The invention of the ghetto.Italians as seen from the outside -- Italians as seen from the inside - -Leopardi in Rome -- Palermo, on the border between two worlds -- The discovery of the south -- Paradise and its devils -- He lingered a little, then left the world -- The good duchess -- Milan, both good and bad -- Last judgments -- The invention of the ghetto.
ISBN:
084784274697808478427429780847842742 (hardback)
Dewey class:
945.0493914.50493945.093
LC class:
DG451
Language:
EnglishItalian
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BRN:
119310
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Melbourne Library | -History | HISTORY 945.093 AUGI | Available |