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Author Augias, Corrado, author.

Title The Secrets of Italy : people, places, and hidden histories / Corrado Augias ; translated from the Italian by Alta L. Price.

Publication Info. New York, NY : Rizzoli Ex Libris, ©2014.
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1603819~S1
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 Nichols Adult Nonfiction  914.5 AUG    AVAILABLE
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Description xx, 220 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [202]-213) and index.
Contents Italians as seen from the outside -- Italians as seen from the inside - -Leopardi in Rome -- Palermo, on the border between two worlds -- The discovery of the south -- Paradise and its devils -- He lingered a little, then left the world -- The good duchess -- Milan, both good and bad -- Last judgments -- The invention of the ghetto.
Summary Taking readers on a Grand Tour through Italy's cities, history and literature in search of the true character of this contradictory nation, a leading cultural authority, weaving a geo-historical narrative, sets out to rediscover the story of this country.
Language Translation of: I segreti d'Italia.
Subject Italy -- History.
Italy -- Social life and customs.
Italy -- Description and travel.
Added Author Price, Alta L., translator.
Added Title Segreti d'Italia.
ISBN 9780847842742
0847842746
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