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Being an American compl...more...]]> 581712 0767914406 9780767914406 141 33 3.14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175994161m/581712.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/581712.La_Bella_Figura_A_Field_Guide_to_the_Italian_Mind 0 0 false Fri Jan 30 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 24 12:34:12 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 30 09:16:47 -0800 2009 more...]]> 581712 0767914406 9780767914406 141 33 3.14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175994161m/581712.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/581712.La_Bella_Figura_A_Field_Guide_to_the_Italian_Mind 5 0 false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 11 03:50:36 -0800 2008 Tue Jun 03 13:49:54 -0700 2008 more...]]> 581712 0767914406 9780767914406 141 33 3.14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175994161m/581712.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/581712.La_Bella_Figura_A_Field_Guide_to_the_Italian_Mind 0 0 false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed May 07 06:56:09 -0700 2008 Fri May 09 04:20:33 -0700 2008 Bella Figura is more humor than cultural studies: mildly entertaining, mildly informative. Severgnini enjoys noting the idiosyncracies of Italian culture without bothering to offer much interpretation--beyond, We Italians are festive/ willful/ traditional/ etc., or more often just, We like...more...]]> 66081 0767914392 9780767914390 14 6 3.14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170639992m/66081.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/66081.La_Bella_Figura_A_Field_Guide_to_the_Italian_Mind 3 0 false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Apr 26 16:27:20 -0700 2007 Tue May 29 16:26:25 -0700 2007
This is very cute, with the chapters organized as a "tour of Italy." Personally, I feel like I've read more skillful accounts of a country's national character, but come to think of it, those were usually written by non-natives. Th...more...]]> 581712 0767914406 9780767914406 141 33 3.14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175994161m/581712.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/581712.La_Bella_Figura_A_Field_Guide_to_the_Italian_Mind 3 0 false Wed Oct 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 22 17:37:50 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 29 11:35:41 -0700 2008 more...]]> 581712 0767914406 9780767914406 141 33 3.14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175994161m/581712.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/581712.La_Bella_Figura_A_Field_Guide_to_the_Italian_Mind 3 0 false Tue Feb 05 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 12 05:24:48 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 06 03:32:34 -0800 2008 more...]]> 581712 0767914406 9780767914406 141 33 3.14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175994161m/581712.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/581712.La_Bella_Figura_A_Field_Guide_to_the_Italian_Mind 3 0 false Fri Sep 19 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Dec 31 10:26:14 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 31 10:28:38 -0800 2008 581712 0767914406 9780767914406 141 33 3.14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175994161m/581712.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/581712.La_Bella_Figura_A_Field_Guide_to_the_Italian_Mind 3 0 false Mon Aug 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 12:09:14 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 09:53:38 -0700 2009 581712 0767914406 9780767914406 141 33 3.14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175994161m/581712.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/581712.La_Bella_Figura_A_Field_Guide_to_the_Italian_Mind 2 0 false Sun Jan 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 14 04:42:16 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 18 04:28:25 -0800 2009 581712 0767914406 9780767914406 141 33 3.14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175994161m/581712.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/581712.La_Bella_Figura_A_Field_Guide_to_the_Italian_Mind 3 0 false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 03:16:12 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 03:17:39 -0700 2009 581712 0767914406 9780767914406 141 33 3.14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175994161m/581712.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/581712.La_Bella_Figura_A_Field_Guide_to_the_Italian_Mind 0 0 false Fri Jul 03 09:50:04 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 03 09:50:19 -0700 2009 581712 0767914406 9780767914406 141 33 3.14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175994161m/581712.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/581712.La_Bella_Figura_A_Field_Guide_to_the_Italian_Mind 2 0 false Wed Jul 30 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 25 11:37:42 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 30 05:54:33 -0700 2008 more...]]> 581712 0767914406 9780767914406 141 33 3.14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175994161m/581712.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/581712.La_Bella_Figura_A_Field_Guide_to_the_Italian_Mind 1 0 false Sun Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Mon Oct 01 15:56:14 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 01 19:33:49 -0700 2007 more...]]> 581712 0767914406 9780767914406 141 33 3.14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175994161m/581712.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/581712.La_Bella_Figura_A_Field_Guide_to_the_Italian_Mind 4 0 false Tue Oct 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 29 18:14:47 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 29 18:19:10 -0700 2008 more...]]> 581712 0767914406 9780767914406 141 33 3.14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175994161m/581712.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/581712.La_Bella_Figura_A_Field_Guide_to_the_Italian_Mind 3 0 false Wed Mar 12 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 15 14:27:37 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 15 14:32:29 -0700 2008 more...]]> 581712 0767914406 9780767914406 141 33 3.14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175994161m/581712.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/581712.La_Bella_Figura_A_Field_Guide_to_the_Italian_Mind 3 0 false Mon May 12 19:16:52 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 09 19:09:14 -0700 2008 more...]]> 581712 0767914406 9780767914406 141 33 3.14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175994161m/581712.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/581712.La_Bella_Figura_A_Field_Guide_to_the_Italian_Mind 5 0 false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Jan 24 21:18:28 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 24 21:18:28 -0800 2008 more...]]> 581712 0767914406 9780767914406 141 33 3.14 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175994161m/581712.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/581712.La_Bella_Figura_A_Field_Guide_to_the_Italian_Mind 4 0 false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Dec 09 19:12:18 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 09 19:27:22 -0800 2007 more...]]> 3449185 0340936029 9780340936023 3 1 3.14 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3449185.La_Bella_Figura_A_Field_Guide_to_the_Italian_Mind 3 0 false Wed Oct 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 08 10:53:23 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 17 08:57:24 -0700 2008 1 I've now read the book while in Italy and it is interesting but very straightforward and a tiny bit overserious......Does you give some insight into Italian life and quite a lot of the points made are true of Italians]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=581712