By John Hooper
Washington submit bestseller
Los Angeles instances bestseller
A vibrant and amazing portrait of the Italian humans from an well-known international correspondent
How did a state that spawned the Renaissance additionally produce the Mafia? And why does Italian have twelve phrases for coat hanger yet none for hangover?
John Hooper’s exciting and perceptive new e-book is the proper spouse for an individual trying to comprehend modern Italy and the original personality of the Italians. Fifteen years as a overseas correspondent dependent in Rome have sharpened Hooper’s observations, and he seems to be on the proof that lie at the back of the stereotypes, laying off new gentle on every little thing from the Italians’ bewildering politics to their love of existence and wonder. Hooper persuasively demonstrates the influence of geography, heritage, and culture on many features of Italian existence, together with soccer and Freemasonry, intercourse, nutrition, and opera. Brimming with the type of fascinating—and usually hilarious—insights unavailable in guidebooks, The Italians will shock even the main die-hard Italophile.
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Pisa: Gioco del Ponte (Battle of the Bridge). Last Sunday in June, medieval parade. Regatta of the Great Maritime Republics. The friendly contest and historical regatta in which each of the former maritime republics (Amalfi, Genoa, Pisa and Venice) race for a prize. Rimini, Emilia-Romagna: Historical reenactment of the marriage of Roberto Malatesta, in July At the end of June 1475, Roberto Malatesta, son of Sigismondo, married Elisabetta da Montefeltro, daughter of Duke Federico. Rimini will celebrate this event with a six-day historical re-enactments culminating with a great wedding banquet.
Naples: Festival of San Gennaro, in the middle of the September a religious ceremony honouring the patron saint of the city. Nemi (Rome): Strawberry Festival, first weekend in June Every year since 1922 Nemi hosts the Sagra della Fragola (strawberry festival) when women dressed in the typical rustic costume sell and offer the visitors the precious fruit served in many imaginative ways, with fresh cream or ice-cream, in pancakes, in milk-shakes and liqueurs. Nola: Festa del Giglio, (The Lily Festival).
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