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Title: Travelers' Tales Italy: True Stories by Anne Calcagno, Jan Morris, Anne Calgagno ISBN: 1-885211-72-4 Publisher: Travelers' Tales Inc Pub. Date: 09 September, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.8 (5 reviews)
Rating: 1
Summary: Silly, offensive, and patronizing
Comment: In the introduction we are regaled to a reminder of the stereotype of the Italian gangster or buffoon. There is a story about a casual sexual encounter that seems entirely out of place in this day of AIDS. Italian men are portrayed as habitually unfaithful to their wives ("The Italian Mistress"). There are excerpts that characterize the "average Italian citizen" as an inveterate cheater. Italians, we are told, are breast-obsessed. This book is a paradigm of the sort of travel writing that romanticizes the exotic "other." I see no reason to think that this brings anyone closer to the "real" Italy and it is silly and simplistic to think otherwise. It would appear that in these days of political correctness it is still considered acceptable to portray Italians in a patronizing way, in contrast with almost every other group or ethnicity. This book is insulting both to Italians and to the reader's intelligence.
Rating: 4
Summary: Another great Traveler's Tales
Comment: This book, like all of the Traveler's Tales books, is the product of thoughtful editing. Here are stories of real people in Italy. And each one seeks to show the beauty and complexity of the place. These are not just the stock images here. These are beautiful, sometimes intense stories about a place that, for so many, is out of reach. This book is a journey. Good, Bad, Ugly and perfect, flaws and all. Read it, enjoy and then, go.
Rating: 5
Summary: Travel companion - real or armchair
Comment: This is a delightful volume. Either take it on a trip to Italy to read as you go, or save it up til you come home, read it before planning a trip, or just let yourself go from your armchair or bed (or favourite reading spot).
There is a very brief attempt at some guidebook-style information at the end. i donlt think it is all that useful, and will be long out of date before the travellers' tales are. Still, it is brief enough not to detract. It includes some web addresses and , most usefully, some further reading and full bibliographic details of the excerpts presented.
There are many renowned writers included in this anthology, and of course some I had never encountered before. Some of the better known include Tim Parks ('An Italian Education'), Jonathan Keates ('Italian Journeys'), H.V. Morton ('A Traveller in Italy'), Frances mayes ('Under The Tuscan Sun').
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Title: Travelers' Tales Tuscany: True Stories by James O'Reilly, Tara Austen Weaver, Anne Calcagno ISBN: 1885211686 Publisher: Travelers' Tales Inc Pub. Date: 07 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Travelers' Tales France: True Stories by James O'Reilly, Larry Habegger, Sean O'Reilly ISBN: 1885211732 Publisher: Travelers' Tales Inc Pub. Date: 09 February, 2002 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Desiring Italy : Women Writers Celebrate the Passions of a Country and Culture by Susan Cahill ISBN: 0449910806 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 15 April, 1997 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Italy in Mind : An Anthology by Alice Leccese Powers ISBN: 0679770232 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 29 April, 1997 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Italian Days by Barbara Grizzuti Harrison ISBN: 0871137275 Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press Pub. Date: October, 1998 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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