An acclaimed author of novels and short stories, Tim Parks--who was
described in a recent review as "one of the best living writers of
English"--has delighted audiences around the world with his finely
observed writings on all aspects of Italian life and customs. This
volume contains a selection of his best essays on the literature of his
adopted country.
From Boccaccio and Machiavelli through to Moravia and Tabucchi, from the
Stil Novo to Divisionism, across centuries of history and intellectual
movements, these essays will give English readers, and lovers of the Bel
Paese and its culture, the lay of the literary land of Italy.