{"product_id":"italian-neighbors-9780802140340","title":"Italian Neighbors","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Tim Parks\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Grove Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Grove Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Europe - Italy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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\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\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\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\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Grove Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47892215922839,"sku":"9780802140340","price":1379.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780802140340.webp?v=1781186112","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/italian-neighbors-9780802140340","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}