A Season With Verona
Travels Around Italy in Search of Illusions, National Character and Goals
$34.28
- Paperback
464 pages
- Release Date
1 May 2003
Summary
Travels around Italy in search of illusion, national character and goals.
‘Delves into the very essence of being a fan, while seamlessly exploring Italian history, politics, culture and society,’ Guardian
Is Italy a united country, or a loose affiliation of warring states? Is Italian football a sport, or an ill-disguised protraction of ancient enmities?
Tim Parks goes on the road to follow the fortunes of Hellas Verona football club, to pay a different kind of visit to…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099422679 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0099422670 |
| Author: | Tim Parks |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 464 |
| Release Date: | 1 May 2003 |
| Weight: | 430g |
| Dimensions: | 199mm x 131mm x 29mm |
| Series: | Vintage Books |
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Critics Review
Addictive reading…each chapter is a short story, the whole book an epic
Addictive reading…each chapter is a short story, the whole book an epic * Observer *
Parks knows his football, and he knows Italy still better. His adopted country, in all its enduring and exasperating strengths and weaknesses, comes vividly to life * Sunday Times *
A fascinating emotional journey… His descriptions of Italian football are descriptions of Italy itself, its regional differences, its squabbles, its distinctive temper * Daily Telegraph *
An enthralling, insightful account of the real Italy * Independent *
About The Author
Tim Parks
Born in Manchester, Tim Parks grew up in London and studied at Cambridge and Harvard. In 1981 he moved to Italy where he has lived ever since. He is the author of novels, non-fiction and essays, including Europa, Cleaver and Teach Us to Sit Still. He has won the Somerset Maugham, Betty Trask and Llewellyn Rhys awards, and been shortlisted for the Booker Prize. He lectures on literary translation in Milan, writes for publications such as the New Yorker and the New York Review of Books, and his many translations from the Italian include works by Moravia, Calvino, Calasso, Tabucchi and Machiavelli.
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