My two Italies

"A charming, informative personal history that blends the anecdotal, historical, and downright unusual The child of Italian immigrants and an award-winning scholar of Italian literature, in My Two Italies Joseph Luzzi straddles these two perspectives to link his family's dramatic story to Italy's no...

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Main Author: Luzzi, Joseph (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2014.
Edition:First edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : The witch of Naples
  • The southern question. Carnal violence ; Blood pudding
  • Little Italies. A family affair ; The fig tree and the Impala
  • A paradise of exiles. No society ; Florence after Florence
  • Epilogue : The stones of Santa Croce.