Italian Education

• Paperback - 01 September, 1996 - Harper Perennial
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• By: Tim Parks
• ISBN: 0380727609

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Reviews by readers

Interesting read

I enjoyed this sequel to Italian Neighbors. Mr. Parks gives us a glimpse into the real Italian family and day to day life.

Expendable Italians?

Tim Parks writes remarkably well and can describe situations with painstaking insight. Yet, when he deals with Italy, he may become unbearably patronizing. I often wonder whether his books generally aim at explaining Italy or at reassuring English readers of their supposed superiority to the Italian comedy of questionable manners and corrupted politics.

In the past, Tim Parks has lived in the United States for long. Will he eventually have the courage to contend with American social mores with the same acerbic wit he employs with the Italians?

A Good Book to Put You To Sleep

I have read several books in this genre, and this has to be one of the dullest books on the market that deals with life in Italy. I've lived in Italy on two occasions for short periods of time and can't help but wonder - if Mr Parks dislikes Italy so much, why is he still there? He certainly comes across as disliking Italy and Italians. This has none of the humor or whimsy of other similar books. Very disappointing. I should have know better since I also read "Italian Neighbors" and was unimpressed by it.

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