A “marvelous” Mediterranean memoir of an expatriate father raising
his children in Italy—from the author of Italian Neighbors (The
Washington Post). Tim Parks offers another lively firsthand account
of Italian society and culture—this time focusing on all the little
things that turn an ordinary newborn infant into a true Italian.
When British-born Tim Parks heard a mother at the beach in Pescara
shout to her son, “Alberto, don’t sweat! No you can’t go in the
sea till eleven, it’s still too cold, go and see your cousin in row
three number fifty-two,” he was inspired to write about parenting in
Italy—which he was doing himself at the time after adopting the
country as his own. In this humorous memoir, Parks offers an
enchanting portrait of Italian childhood that shifts from comedy to
despair in the time it takes to sing a lullaby. The result is “a
wry, thoughtful, and often hilarious book . . . a parable of how
our children, no matter what, are other than ourselves” (The New
Yorker). “Glimpses of Italy that are fond, critical, pithy and
penetrating.” —The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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ISBN
9780802191144
Publisert
2015
Utgiver
Vendor
Grove Press (ORIM)
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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