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Following the critical and commercial success of A Literary Tour of Italy, acclaimed novelist Tim Parks presents a new selection of his latest essays on Italian literature, offering a lively, accessible and stimulating diorama of the cultural landscape of Italy.Containing pieces on major figures such as Dante, Machiavelli, Leopardi and Manzoni, as well as articles on some of Italy's best-known modern authors - from Pirandello and Pavese to Pas...

Michael Burrow is on a walking holiday in Switzerland with his lover, Susan. They have had a long and secret love affair, but now that Susan¿s two children have left school, they plan to start their life together. Michael has bought a house for them to live in and, when they return, Susan will break the news to her family. However, their plans are upended when Susan receives a phone call with news of a tragic death. She gets on the next plane ...

From the bestselling, Booker-shortlisted chronicler of Italy, a classic novel about a man's emotional reckoning in a changed world far from homeFrank's reclusive existence in a leafy part of London is shattered when he is summoned to Milan for the funeral of an old friend. Preoccupied by this sudden intrusion of his past, he flies, oblivious, into the epicentre of a crisis he has barely registered on the news.It is spring, his luxury hotel off...

März 2020, die Welt hat sich über Nacht verändert. Frank ist kurzfristig nach Mailand gereist und sitzt nun in seinem Luxushotel fest, wo er eine folgenschwere Begegnung hat. Eine berührende Geschichte über die Freundlichkeit von Fremden und über einen Mann, der angesichts der Möglichkeit, ein Leben zu retten, auch eine Bilanz seines eigenen ziehen muss. Franks zurückgezogene Existenz in einem ruhigen Stadtteil Londons wird empfindlich gestört...

From the bestselling writer of Italian Ways, Europa and The Hero's Way, a story set during the first days of lockdown in Europe, about the unexpected kindness of strangers and one man's emotional reckoning.Milan, 2020. Drawn abruptly from his reclusive life in London for a friend's funeral, Frank finds himself in the eye of a pandemic he had barely registered on the news. From the relative comfort of his balcony at Hotel Milano, he surveys the...

From the bestselling writer of Italian Ways, Europa and The Hero's Way, a story set during the first days of lockdown in Europe, about the unexpected kindness of strangers and one man's emotional reckoning. Milan, 2020. Drawn abruptly from his reclusive life in London for a friend's funeral, Frank finds himself in the eye of a pandemic he had barely registered on the news. From the relative comfort of his balcony at Hotel Milano, he surveys th...

Der Marsch Garibaldis und seiner Garibaldini durch den Apennin von Rom nach Ravenna ist legendär und zentral für die Einigung Italiens. Im Sommer 2019 ist Tim Parks Garibaldis Spuren gefolgt und durch das Herz des Landes gewandert: eine großartige Erkundung von Italiens Vergangenheit und Gegenwart. Im Sommer 1849 musste Guiseppe Garibaldi, Italiens legendärer Revolutionär, die Verteidigung Roms endgültig aufgeben. Er und seine Männer hatten di...

This is a widely appealing idea for a travel/history book from the bestselling author of Italian Ways, in which Tim follows the hair-raising journey of Garibaldi, revolutionary and future architect of a united Italy, 250-miles on foot from Rome to Ravenna across the Appenines, to look at Italy past and present.In the summer of 1849 Giuseppe Garibaldi, legendary hero of guerrilla wars in South America, and future architect of a united Italy, wa...

Hat ein Computer Bewusstsein oder ist das ein einzigartiges Charakteristikum des Menschen? Tim Parks' Reise in das menschliche Gehirn konfrontiert die philosophischen und neurowissenschaftlichen Theorien mit der eigenen Erfahrung - geistreich, witzig und klug.Es vergeht kaum ein Tag ohne irgendeine Diskussion, ob Computer ein Bewusstsein haben können, ob unser Universum eine Art Simulation, ob der Geist ein einzigartiges Charakteristikum des M...

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...

In the summer of 1849 Giuseppe Garibaldi, the legendary hero of guerrilla wars and future architect of a united Italy, was finally forced to concede defeat to the French in his defense of a revolutionary Roman republic. But determined to turn defeat into moral victory, he set out from Rome with 4, 000 men one July evening to continue the struggle for national independence. Hounded by both French and Austrian armies, he crossed the Italian Apen...

Bestselling author of Italian Ways Tim Parks follows the hair-raising journey of Italian revolutionary Giuseppe Garibaldi, 250-miles on foot from Rome to Ravenna, to explore Italy's past and present.In the summer of 1849, Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italy's legendary revolutionary hero, was finally forced to abandon his defence of Rome. He and his men had held the besieged city for three long months, but now it was clear that only surrender would prev...

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