Forza Italia ! (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781522818809)

Vendor: Arturo Barone
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Forza Italia !

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Forza Italia !

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In the pages of this book, it is my intention to offer a totally different picture of the Italians from that which normally springs to mind. The popular stereotype projects an exceptionally pleasant and easy image of Italy and the Italians but inevitably it is rather superficial. I hasten to add, however, that it is not entirely the fault of other nationalities that such an image prevails; in my view, the Italians themselves have to carry a great deal of responsibility for it. 'Take them all in all, I detest these Italians beyond measure... they are Yorick's skull with the worms in it, nothing of humanity left but the smell.' (John Ruskin)'Without Italy I am beggared. Though God saw fit to make me an Englishman, it was in Italy I caught my first glimpse of heaven.' (Edward Hutton)The trouble with Italy's national genius, however, is that the clash between civic duties on the one hand, and private and family business on the other, is too great; individualism causes the pendulum between the two to swing too far in a particular way, always in favour of the 'particulare'. That is the reason why individuality does not lead to national unity: indeed, the situation is quite the reverse.

Author: Arturo Barone
ISBN-10: 1522818804
ISBN-13: 9781522818809
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 12/23/2015
Pages: 442
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.73lbs
Size: 9.69h x 7.44w x 0.90d
By Arturo Barone
By Arturo Barone
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Arturo Barone was born in London in 1933 of Neapolitan parents, but from the age of six lived and studied in Rome where he took his first law degree. He married his only wife, Laura, (who comes from Turin) in 1963. They have three children and six grandchildren. After his studies in Rome, he read law at the University of London and was called to the Bar in 1961. In 1967 he became a practising solicitor and made international law a speciality, including Italian law, as well as dealing with much commercial litigation. He is the author of the following books: Italians First! (1989), The Italian Achievement (2007), Italy's World of Wines (2008), Quanto Siamo str.... (2014) and The Sickness of the Italian Language (2014) and under his pen name of Richard Goodall: The Comfort of Sin (1995) and The Divorce Dilemma (2000), The English and Sex (2013) and The Virgin Phoenix (2013).

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