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The Other Side of the Tiber by Wallis Wilde-Menozzi (Paperback, 2014)

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The Other Side of the Tiber brings Italy to life in an entirely new way, treating the peninsula as a series of distinct places, subjects, histories, and geographies bound together by a shared sense of life.

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A fresh, nuanced perspective on a profoundly perplexing country: this is what Wallis Wilde-Mezzi's unique, captivating narrative promises-and delivers. The Other Side of the Tiber brings Italy to life in an entirely new way, treating the peninsula as a series of distinct places, subjects, histories, and geographies bound together by a shared sense of life. A multifaceted image of Italy emerges - in beautiful black-and-white photographs, many taken by Wilde-Mezzi herself - as does a portrait of the author. Wilde-Mezzi, who has written about Italy for nearly forty years, offers unexpected conclusions about one of the most complex and best-loved countries in the world. Beginning her story with a hitchhiking trip to Rome when she was a student in England, she illuminates a passionate, creative, and vocal people who are often confined to stereotypes. Earthquakes and volcaes; a hundred-year-old man; Siena as a walled city; Keats in Rome; the refugee camp of Manduria; the Slow Food movement; realism in Caravaggio; the concept of good and evil; Mary the Madonna as a subject - from these varied angles, Wilde-Mezzi traces a society skeptical about competition and tolerant of contradiction. Bringing them together in the present, she suggests the compensations of the Italians' long view of time. Like the country, this book will inspire discussion and revisiting.

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PublisherFarrar, Straus & Giroux Inc

ISBN-100374534314

ISBN-139780374534318

eBay Product ID (ePID)209364298

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Place of PublicationNew York

Content Note122 Black-&-White Illustrations

Author BiographyWallis Wilde-Menozzi lives in Parma, Italy, where for decades she has observed Italian life and participated in its dialogues. Her memoir, Mother Tongue: An American Life in Italy, was published in 1997 by North Point Press to critical acclaim.

Out-Of-Print Date09/09/2015

FormatPaperback

LanguageEnglish

Author(s)Wallis Wilde-Menozzi

Date of Publication01/05/2014

SubjectTravel Writing

ImprintFarrar, Straus & Giroux Inc

Country of PublicationUnited States