Hofmann, Paul That Fine Italian Hand ISBN 13: 9780805009774

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A collection of essays that discuss such topics as family relationships, cultural sophistication, social institutions, mores, and national character offers an incisive study of the Italian people

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Paul Hofmann was for many years chief of the New York Times bureau in Rome. A resident of Italy on and off since World War II, he now lives in Rome, writing articles and books. The most recent, Cento Cittą, a guide to Italy's smaller cities and towns, is now an Owl paperback (Holt, 1990).
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Continuing his love affair with Italy, Hofmann ( Cento Citta ), former New York Times Rome bureau chief, offers an entertaining and shrewd appraisal of an ancient, ever-changing nation. Although indulgent of the Italian scene, he nonetheless recognizes the blemishes that mar its surface and the violent contrasts that perplex many visitors, especially the cultural differences and tensions between the progressive North and the still semi-feudal, Mafia-plagued South. Strikes, erratic museum and public service schedules and civic red tape and delays, along with ugly, noisy urban sprawls surrounding traffic-jammed ancient cities, he grants, are exasperating. However, the author counters, these astute, individualistic, resilient people who value life moment by moment and cultivate its pleasures with a rare tenacity survive by resourcefulness (" arrangiarsi ") and by maintaining strong family bonds (despite much-publicized sex scandals).
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  • PublisherHenry Holt & Co
  • Publication date1990
  • ISBN 10 0805009779
  • ISBN 13 9780805009774
  • BindingHardcover
  • Edition number1
  • Number of pages238
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