{"product_id":"italian-neighbors","title":"Italian Neighbors","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eItalian Neighbors\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eTim Parks\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780802140340\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eGrove Press\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2003\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eReprint\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e288\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book of the Year: A deliciously entertaining account of expatriate life in a small village just outside Verona, Italy.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTim Parks is anything but a gentleman in Verona. So after ten years of living with his Italian wife, Rita, in a typical provincial Italian neighborhood, the novelist found that he had inadvertently collected a gallery full of splendid characters. In this wittily observed account, Parks introduces readers to his home town, with a statue of the Virgin at one end of the street, a derelict bottle factory at the other, and a wealth of exotic flora and fauna in between.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVia Colombare, the village's main street, offers an exemplary hodgepodge of all that is new and old in the bel paese, a point of collision between invading suburbia and diehard peasant tradition. It is a world of creeping vines, stuccoed walls, shotguns, security cameras, hypochondria, and expensive sports cars. More than a mere travelogue, \u003ci\u003eItalian Neighbors\u003c\/i\u003e is a vivid portrait of the real Italy and a compelling story of how even the most foreign people and places gradually assume the familiarity of home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"One of the most delightful travelogues imaginable . . . so vivid, so packed with delectable details.\" --\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Grove Press","offers":[{"title":"Italian Neighbors | Tim Parks | Paperback | 9780802140340 | Used: Like New | Back Stacks H 1768544","offer_id":49517574652056,"sku":"1768544","price":8.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/61wqJp-8LEL.jpg?v=1784616249","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/italian-neighbors","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}