Italians by Barzini, Luigi

Italians (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780684825007)

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Italians by Barzini, Luigi

Italians

$18.99
Italians by Barzini, Luigi

Italians

$18.99
Format: Paperback
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In this consummate portrait of the Italian people, bestselling author, publisher, journalist, and politician Luigi Barzini delves deeply into the Italian national character, discovering both its great qualities and its imperfections.Barzini is startlingly frank as he examines "the two Italies" the one that created and nurtured such luminaries as Dante Alighieri, St. Thomas of Aquino, and Leonardo da Vinci; the other, feeble and prone to catastrophe, backward in political action if not in thought, "invaded, ravaged, sacked, and humiliated in every century." Deeply ambivalent, Barzini approaches his task with a combination of love, hate, disillusion, and affectionate paternalism, resulting in a completely original, thoughtful, and probing picture of his countrymen.

Author: Luigi Barzini
ISBN-10: 0684825007
ISBN-13: 9780684825007
Publisher: Touchstone Books
Language: English
Published: 07/03/1996
Pages: 384
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.78lbs
Size: 8.46h x 5.54w x 0.94d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 09/15/2004 pg. 92
New York Times Book Review 06/06/2010 pg. 47
By Luigi Barzini
By Luigi Barzini
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Luigi Barzini, was born in Milan, Italy, in 1908. After completing his studies in Italy and at Columbia University, he worked for two New York newspapers. He returned to Italy in 1930 to become a correspondent for "Corriere della Sera." In 1940 he was confined by the Fascists. With the Allied liberation he returned to publishing and founded "Il Globo." Subsequently he served as the chief editor of several newspapers and magazines. His books include "Americans Are Alone in the World" (1958), "From Caesar to the Mafia" (1971), and "Peking to Paris" (1973). He died in 1984.

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