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Tim Parks




Tim Parks

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born
January 01, 1954

gender
male

place of birth
Manchester, The United Kingdom

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Literature & Fiction


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Born in Manchester in 1954, Tim Parks grew up in London and studied at Cambridge and Harvard. In 1981 he moved to Italy where he has lived ever since. He has written eleven novels including Europa, Destiny, Cleaver and, most recently, Dreams of Rivers and Seas, as well as three non-fiction accounts of life in northern Italy (most recently A Season with Verona), a collection of 'narrative' essays, Adultery and Other Diversions, and a history of the Medici bank in 15th century Florence, Medici Money. His many translations from the Italian include works by Moravia, Calvino, Calasso and Machiavelli. He lectures on literary translation in Milan and has published a book, Translating Style, which analyses Italian translations of the English modern...more




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avg rating: 3.76 | 757 ratings | 128 reviews | 51 distinct works | 1 fan
Italian Neighbors Italian Neighbors
by Tim Parks
avg rating 3.71 — 160 ratings — published 1998
6 editions
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Italian Education Italian Education
by Tim Parks
avg rating 3.80 — 100 ratings — published 1995
7 editions
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A Season with Verona: Travels... A Season with Verona: Travels Around Italy in Search of Illusion, National Character, and...Goals!
by Tim Parks
avg rating 3.88 — 56 ratings — published 2002
7 editions
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Medici Money: Banking, Metaphy... Medici Money: Banking, Metaphysics, and Art in Fifteenth-Century Florence
by Tim Parks
avg rating 3.55 — 44 ratings — published 2005
3 editions
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Europa Europa
by Tim Parks
avg rating 3.46 — 41 ratings — published 1997
5 editions
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Cleaver Cleaver
by Tim Parks
avg rating 3.27 — 22 ratings — published 2006
5 editions
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Destiny Destiny
by Tim Parks
avg rating 3.38 — 16 ratings — published 1999
7 editions
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Judge Savage: A Novel Judge Savage: A Novel
by Tim Parks
avg rating 3.38 — 13 ratings — published 2003
4 editions
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Goodness Goodness
by Tim Parks
avg rating 4.11 — 9 ratings — published 1991
2 editions
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Adultery and Other Diversions Adultery and Other Diversions
by Tim Parks
avg rating 3.36 — 11 ratings — published 1999
3 editions
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