Tim Parks

A Season With Verona

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

'Delves into the very essence of being a fan, while seamlessly exploring Italian history, politics, culture and society,' GuardianIs Italy a united country, or a loose affiliation of warring states?

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Random House UK / Vintage, London
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 148771
• Seitenzahl: 464
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. März 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 197mm x 129mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 328g
• ISBN-13: 9780099422679
• ISBN-10: 0099422670
• Artikelnr.: 11467250

Autorenporträt

Born in Manchester, Tim Parks grew up in London and studied at Cambridge and Harvard. In 1981 he moved to Italy where he has lived ever since. He is the author of novels, non-fiction and essays, including Europa, Cleaver and Teach Us to Sit Still. He has won the Somerset Maugham, Betty Trask and Llewellyn Rhys awards, and been shortlisted for the Booker Prize. He lectures on literary translation in Milan, writes for publications such as the New Yorker and the New York Review of Books, and his many translations from the Italian include works by Moravia, Calvino, Calasso, Tabucchi and Machiavelli.

Rezensionen

Addictive reading...each chapter is a short story, the whole book an epic Observer