{"product_id":"italian-ways-9780099584254","title":"Italian Ways","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn in Manchester, \u003cb\u003eTim Parks\u003c\/b\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eEuropa, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eCleaver\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Season with Verona\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTeach Us to Sit Still\u003c\/i\u003e.  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 \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, and his many translations from the Italian include works by Moravia, Calvino, Calasso, Tabucchi and Machiavelli.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAll Italy is here, its history, its character, its flaws * Sunday Times *\u003cbr\u003eA treat equivalent to a ride on the Orient Express * Wall Street Journal *\u003cbr\u003eLike the best train journeys, you don’t want it to end * New Statesman *\u003cbr\u003eA very funny hosanna to Italian railroad locomotion in all its rackety glory * Evening Standard, Books of the Year *\u003cbr\u003eParks has the keenest of eyes for the telling of amusing detail ... He remains the best interpreter of Italian ways in Italy * Sunday Herald *\u003cbr\u003eTim Parks has written a book about Italian railways that is \u003cb\u003eengrossing, entertaining, and wonderfully revealing about the country and its people\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cb\u003e  It makes perfect armchair travelling – a delight from beginning to end\u003c\/b\u003e -- David Lodge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAll Italy is here, its history, its character, its flaws, and some of the things that Parks loves about the place\u003c\/b\u003e * Sunday Times *\u003cbr\u003eThe book is, as Tim Parks says, a search for the Italian character, which he evokes in dozens of gorgeously written scenes; but beyond that Parks is exploring the dynamic between tradition and innovation... Underneath everything, Parks is trying to come to a point of loving the world in all its confusion and frustration, and by the book's end he does, he does. Bravo -- David Shields\u003cbr\u003eThis latest peg on which to hang another ruminative book about the character of Italy provides Parks with a first-class ticket to ride as a\u003cb\u003e lively, erudite\u003c\/b\u003e raconteur in salty daily negotiation with what he calls a ‘dystopian paradise’ -- Iain Finlayson * The Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith Paul Theroux apparently winding down, there might be an opening for Parks as a new laureate of international railways\u003c\/b\u003e -- Andrew Martin * Observer *","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732314894679,"sku":"9780099584254","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780099584254.jpg?v=1719996378","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/italian-ways-9780099584254","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}