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Italian Days
Barbara Grizzuti Harrison
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Description for Italian Days
Paperback. "Italian Days" is one of the richest and most absorbing travel books written--a journey that traverses the Italian peninsula and immerses readers in a culture which provides the reader with a definition of the good life. "Harrison's wonderful journal will make you update your passport and dream of subletting your job, home, etc. . . . "--"Glamour". Num Pages: 512 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 718.
Italian Days is one of the richest and most absorbing travel books ever written”a journey down the Italian peninsula that immerses us in the inexhaustible plenty of that culture and the equally bountiful intelligence and sensibility of its author. Barbara Grizzuti Harrison, noted essayist, journalist, and fiction writer, brings us a fascinating mixture of history, politics, folklore, food, architecture, arts, and literature, studded with local anecdotes and personal reflections. From modern, fashionable Milan; to beautiful, historic Rome with its modern traffic and, even today, its sudden displays of faith; to primitive, brooding Calabria, Barbara Grizzuti Harrison reveals ... Read more
Italian Days is one of the richest and most absorbing travel books ever written”a journey down the Italian peninsula that immerses us in the inexhaustible plenty of that culture and the equally bountiful intelligence and sensibility of its author. Barbara Grizzuti Harrison, noted essayist, journalist, and fiction writer, brings us a fascinating mixture of history, politics, folklore, food, architecture, arts, and literature, studded with local anecdotes and personal reflections. From modern, fashionable Milan; to beautiful, historic Rome with its modern traffic and, even today, its sudden displays of faith; to primitive, brooding Calabria, Barbara Grizzuti Harrison reveals ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
Number of Pages
512
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780871137272
SKU
V9780871137272
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
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