A History of Contemporary Italy: 1943-80

In this long-awaited book (already a major bestseller in Italy) Ginsborg has created a fascinating, sophisticated and definitive account of how Italy has coped, .
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A History of Contemporary Italy

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So, with the possible exception of the last, the books that follow are ones that scratch at the reassuring surface of Italian life to get at the infinitely more fascinating reality below. None more purposefully than …. The Italians by Luigi Barzini Still in print 50 years after publication, outdated in parts, yet full of insights into the Italian psyche, which are as apt today as they were in Ugly things must be hidden, unpleasant and tragic facts swept under the carpet whenever possible.

The title is inaccurate: Wonderfully perceptive on relations between and within the generations: The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa. Midnight in Sicily by Peter Robb Only partly about Sicily; more an exploration of the corrupt dynamics of Christian Democracy enlivened by digressions into the art, literature and gastronomy of the Mezzogiorno.

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