My two Italies, Joseph Luzzi
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My two Italies, Joseph Luzzi
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eng
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Includes bibliographical references
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autobiography
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non fiction
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My two Italies
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858731110
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Joseph Luzzi
Summary
"A child of Italian immigrants and an award-winning scholar of Italian literature, Joseph Luzzi straddles two perspectives in [this book] to link his family's dramatic story to Italy's north-south divide, its quest for a unifying language, and its passion for art, food, and family. From his Calabrian father's time as a military internee in Nazi Germany ... to his own adventures amid the Renaissance splendor of Florence, Luzzi creates a deeply personal portrait of Italy that leaps past facile clichés about Mafia madness and Tuscan sun therapy. He delves instead into why Italian Americans have such a complicated relationship with the 'Old Country, ' and how Italy produces some of the world's most astonishing art while suffering from corruption, political fragmentation, and a weak civil society. With topics ranging from the seductive charms of Italian life to the meteoric rise of Silvio Berlusconi, Luzzi presents the Italians in all their glory and their crises, relating the issues that Italy faces today to the country's ancient roots. He shares how his 'two Italies'--the earthy southern Italian world of his immigrant childhood and the refined northern Italian realm of his professional life--join and clash in unexpected ways that continue to enchant the many millions who are either connected to Italy by ancestry or bound to it by love."--Front flap of jacket
Table Of Contents
Introduction: The Witch of Naples -- Part I. The southern question: Carnal violence ; Blood pudding -- Part II. Little Italies: A family affair ; The fig tree and the Impala -- Part III. A paradise of exiles: No society ; Florence after Florence -- Epilogue: The stones of Santa Croce
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