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There is no world for whistle-blower in Italian, though you can absolutely chiudere un'occhio (turn a blind eye). In all areas of public life - community, education, employment - your connections are everything. From the bestselling author of Italian Neighbours, An Italian Education and Italian Ways, Italian Life is a particular reckoning with a beloved adopted country. It takes place in a university in the north. Valeria, a talented young wom...

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Muss man jedes Buch zu Ende lesen? Warum sind Leser unterschiedlicher Meinung? Was ist literarischer Stil? Und was bedeuten literarische Preise? Und ist Copyright wichtig? Der bekannte Autor, Übersetzer und Kritiker Tim Parks ist geradezu prädestiniert dafür, alle Fragen rund um das Buch und den Literaturbetrieb einmal genauer unter die Lupe zu nehmen. Mit Neugier und Skepsis leuchtet er aus, was Leser von Büchern wollen und welche Bedeutung L...

leicht-mittelBesetzung: Akkordeon & diatonische Handharmonika

How can other people like the books we don't like? What benefit can we get from rereading a work? Can we read better? If so, how? These and many other questions, ranging from the field of writing to that of reading and translation, are given a comprehensive answer in a series of stimulating and challenging literary essays that will be a perfect read for all book explorers and practitioners of the pen. After delighting us with his novels and ma...

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In Extremis ist ein existenzieller Roman und gleichzeitig einer der lustigsten, der über Tod und Familie geschrieben wurde.Thomas weiß, dass es etwas gibt, was er seiner Mutter noch sagen muss, bevor sie stirbt. Aber wird er das rechtzeitig schaffen? Und wird er den Mut haben zu sagen, was er vorher nicht sagen konnte? Sein Telefon brummt, in seinem Kopf dreht sich alles und er kann sich nicht darauf konzentrieren, was gerade passiert und wora...

I banchieri della famiglia Medici vissero nel solco di un'era di grandi innovazioni e di sommosse popolari, in una penisola frammentata e contesa dallo Stato pontificio e dal Sacro romano impero. La loro fortuna comincia nel 1397, quando Giovanni di Bicci, insieme ad alcuni soci, fonda una piccola banca a Firenze. Un'impresa remunerativa ma carica di rischi, compresa la condanna della Chiesa per usura. Per cinquant'anni un'accorta gestione e u...

In a stunning nonfiction debut, the award-winning, critically acclaimed author of Goodness and Family Planning celebrates ten years of living in a northern Italian neighborhood. This is a rare work that manages to be both a portrait and an invitation for everyone who has loved, longed for, or dreamed about southern Europe.

The impact of technology on consciousness is looked at in terms of the neurology and metaphysics involved, brought down to an accessible, conversational and philosophical level. From the author of "Teach Us To Sit Still".

Italyada uzun yillar dis haberler muhabiri olarak calisan ChrisBurton, gazeteciligi birakmis, bir kitap yazmaktadir. Italyanin adi mafyaya karisan eski bir devlet baskaniyla yapacagi röportajla hayatinin en büyük eserine son noktayi koyacagi sirada oglunun intihar ettigini ögrenir ve karisiyla birlikte Torinoya dogru yola cikar. Londradan hareket etmeleriyle birlikte kader düsüncesi zihnine yerlesir. Bu, Burtonciftinin iki ülke arasinda asili ...

Milano Üniversitesinde Ingilizce okutmani olan JerryMarlowun Avrupa Toplulugunun kalbi Strasbourga yolculugu, ayniüniversiteden meslektaslari ve ögrencilerle dolu bir tur otobüsünün arka sirasinda, ortanin sagindaki koltukta baslar. Avrupanin damarlarinda ilerlerken, saplanti derecesinde bir arzunun pesinden Jerrynin zihninin dehlizlerine girer, zaman zaman aklin sinirlarinda dolasiriz. Otobüsteki herkesin bir digeriyle ilgili bazi niyetleri v...

In diesem äußerst unterhaltsamen Reisebericht zeichnet Tim Parks ein authentisches Portrait italienischer Lebensweise - wie es sich auf Zugfahrten durch das Land erschließt. Ob als Pendler im Regionalzug, beim Kampf mit dem Fahrkartenautomaten oder auf der Suche nach dem richtigen Gleis in Mailands Hauptbahnhof. In Begegnungen mit pedantischen Schaffnern und kauzigen Mitreisenden, mit Priestern und Prostituierten auf spektakulären Bahnstrecken...

Paperback edition of the latest novel from the award-winning author of "A Season With Verona". A funny novel about family, death and what it means to be an adult.

Thomas weet dat er iets is dat hij aan zijn moeder moet vertellen voor ze sterft. Maar zal hij haar op tijd bereiken? En heeft hij de moed om te zeggen wat hij eerder niet kon? Zijn telefoon trilt, zijn hersenen maken overuren, en hij kan zijn aandacht niet houden bij de ernst van wat er staat te gebeuren. Moet hij proberen de familiecrisis van een vriend op te lossen? De scheiding van zijn eigen vrouw heroverwegen? Thomas beweegt zich jachtig...

From Svevo, Saba and Joyce in Trieste to Borges, Rushdie and psychopathology, this collection of essays covers other subjects such as: Saramago, Sebald, Seth, Henry Green, Christina Stead, Leopardi, Verga, Montale, Sironi in Fascist Italy, Buzzati, Bateson and Neugeboren.

How do we find calm in our frantic modern world? Tim Parks - lifelong sceptic of all things spiritual - finds himself on a Buddhist meditation retreat trying to answer this very question. With brutal honesty and dry wit, he recounts his journey from disbelief to something approaching inner peace and tackles one of the great mysteries of our time - how to survive in this modern age. Selected from the book Teach us to Sit Still by Tim Parks. VIN...

Italyaya Ingilizce ögretmeni olarak gelen Morris Duckworth, zengin bir ailenin kiziyla yaptigi evlilik sayesinde Veronanin saygin zengin isadamlari mertebesine yükselmistir. Ama bu kadari ona yetmez, en büyük tutkusu olan sanatta da sarsici bir is yapmak ister Dünya capinda ilgi cekecek bir sergi düzenleyecektir. Habil ile Kabilden, Brutus ile Caesara kutsal metinlerde ve sanat tarihinde temsil edilen en meshur cinayetler sergide yer alacaktir...

Cosa succede quando uno scrittore con la passione per il calcio, inglese ma veronese d'adozione, decide di seguire per tutto il campionato la sua squadra del cuore? Un ritratto dell'Italia raccontata dalle curve degli stadi, un viaggio nel ventre tifoso del Paese. Da Udine a Reggio Calabria, da Bari a Torino, da San Siro all'Olimpico, Tim Parks disegna una geografia della passione sportiva: tra insulti e dediche alla mamma, pregiudizi verso gl...

`Dit land zien per trein betekent een cruciale vraag stellen: maakt Italië wel of geen deel uit van de moderne wereld?' Aldus Tim Parks in Italië op het spoor. In zijn eerste Italië-boek in meer dan tien jaar schetst hij een loepzuiver beeld van het land. Of het nu om zijn forensenrit Verona-Milaan gaat of om incidentele reizen naar Napels, Sicilië of Rome, Parks zet zijn dertig jaar hilarische en gekmakende reisavonturen in om ons het 'charma...