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What are some good books or websites focused on Italian *culture* and customs? |
Specifically on Venice, but any books on Italy in general would be really great. I went to my local Barnes & Nobles and could only find travel guides.
Keep in mind I'm looking for something to read, not to research, so textbooks on Italian history is not what I'm looking for. |
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I would highly recommend Beppe Severgnini - La Bella Figura: A Field Guide to the Italian Mind, and also: An Italian in Britain, Ciao, America! If you can read talian, his Manuale dell'Uomo Domestico is also very good.
Another good choice would be Luigi Barzini - The Italians. |
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Excellent book about Italian culture is "As the Romans Do" by Alan Epstein -- it's about an American Family with two young kids who move to Rome. Not about Venice and specific to Rome, still an excellent book on culture.
http://www.amazon.com/As-Romans-Do-American-Familys/dp/006093395X
This link leads to "The Italian Way" By Mario Cosantino and "The Italians" by Luigi Barzini
http://www.amazon.com/Italian-Way-Mario-Costantino/dp/0844280720/ref=pd_sim_b_3 |
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So you are looking for books to read for leisure?
I have read several books that are set in Italy or Venice
Sarah Durant's In the Company of a Courtesan
Christi Phillip's The Rossetti Letter
The Birth of Venus
Galileo's Daughter
Leonardo's Swans by Karen Essex
The Borgia Bride
Susan Carroll series: The Dark Queen, The Courtesan, and the Silver Rose
Here are links with lists of novels set in Venice
http://www.fictionalcities.co.uk/venice.htm
http://goeurope.about.com/od/venice/tp/venicebooks.htm
http://www.slowtrav.com/italy/venice/booklist.htm
Other books set in Italy
http://italophiles.com/historical.htm
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Best-novels-set-in-Italy/lm/29MEHM5CVX1X4
http://italophiles.com/romances.htm
I hope that these will be helpful. |
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