# Italian Life

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- Book: [Italian Life](https://www.bookquiver.com/timothy-parks/italian-life) ([Italian Life.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/timothy-parks/italian-life.md))
- Authors: [Timothy Parks](https://www.bookquiver.com/timothy-parks)
- Publisher: vintage_digital
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-14-7357-528-8
- Published: 2020-07-30
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

'Parks... offers detailed cultural observation, witty yet eagle-eyed, of what makes Italians so Italian' The Times How does Italy really work? When Valeria travels from hot, dusty Basilicata to begin her studies in a northern university town, she has little idea of the kind of education she will find there. Italian Life is her story, and that of the students and professors around her: a story of power and corruption, influence and exclusion, and the workings of a society where your connections are everything . Written with flair and insight, Italian Life joins Tim Parks' bestselling books about his beloved and paradoxical adopted country. It is a gripping, entertaining, behind-the-scenes account of how Italy actually happens, and the ways it can surprise those who know it inside out. 'A satisfyingly truthful, entertaining and provocative comedy' Daily Telegraph