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How does an Italian become Italian?

In An Italian Education Tim Parks focuses on his own young children in the small village near Verona where he lives, building a fascinating picture of the contemporary Italian family at school, at home, at work and at play.



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Spot-on - a very accurate, very entertaining and at the same time rather profound book * Daily Telegraph *
Parks is more than just an effortless raconteur playing for laughs...he offers detailed cultural observation, witty yet eagle-eyed, of what makes Italians so Italian * The Times *
Tim Parks is Italian enough to understand the country, foreign enough to see its peculiarities and talented enough to make them funny without resorting to cliché * Daily Express *

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      Publisher: Vintage Publishing
      Publication Date: 03/05/2001
      ISBN13: 9780099286967, 978-0099286967
      ISBN10: 0099286963
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      Autobiography: adventurers and explorers Biography: general

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      How does an Italian become Italian?

      In An Italian Education Tim Parks focuses on his own young children in the small village near Verona where he lives, building a fascinating picture of the contemporary Italian family at school, at home, at work and at play.



      Trade Review
      Spot-on - a very accurate, very entertaining and at the same time rather profound book * Daily Telegraph *
      Parks is more than just an effortless raconteur playing for laughs...he offers detailed cultural observation, witty yet eagle-eyed, of what makes Italians so Italian * The Times *
      Tim Parks is Italian enough to understand the country, foreign enough to see its peculiarities and talented enough to make them funny without resorting to cliché * Daily Express *

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