That fine Italian hand
1st ed.
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Word Count
59,500 words, Guess
Page Count
238 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL2202836M
- ISBN-100805009779
- OCLC Control Number20492363
- OCLC Control Numberthatfineitalianh0000hofm
- Library of Congress Control Number89024601
and 2 more
- LibraryThing223960
- Goodreads3100272
Classifications
- DDC945
- LCCDG455 .H64 1990
- LCCDG455.H64 1990
Description
No other people over so long a history have shown a greater knack for survival than the Italians. In this wryly affectionate book, Hofmann reveals his adopted countrymen in all their glorious paradoxes, capturing their national essence as no other book has done since Luigi Barzini's More ... classic, The Italians. The national art of arrangement-- dodging taxes, double-dealing, working only as hard as one must-- is counteracted by Italian inventive genius, gusto for life, fierce individuality, deep family bonds (as well as animosities), and a marvelously hedonistic sophistication.
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