Mother Tongue: An American Life in Italy - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Wallis Wilde-Menozzi, Patricia Hampl (Contribution by), Patricia Hampl (Foreword by)Publish date:2020-03-17Pages:400
Language:EnglishPublisher:North Point PressISBN-13:9780865477780ISBN-10:865477787UPC:9780865477780Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, TravelBook Subcategory:Literary Figures, Personal Memoirs, EuropeBook Topic:ItalySize:8.20 x 5.40 x 1.20 inchesWeight:0.7518Product ID:SC0DV6Y1S7
Mother Tongue: An American Life in Italy
A probing and poetic examination of language, food, faith, and family attachment in Italian life through the eyes of an American who moved to Parma with her husband and family.
In the 1980s, the American writer Wallis Wilde-Menozzi moved permanently with her Italian husband and her daughter to Parma, a sophisticated city in northern Italy, where he became a professor of biology. Her search for...Language:EnglishPublisher:North Point PressISBN-13:9780865477780ISBN-10:865477787UPC:9780865477780Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, TravelBook Subcategory:Literary Figures, Personal Memoirs, EuropeBook Topic:ItalySize:8.20 x 5.40 x 1.20 inchesWeight:0.7518Product ID:SC0DV6Y1S7
Wallis Wilde-Menozzi's books include The Other Side of the Tiber and Toscanelli's Ray. Her poetry, essays, and translations have appeared in Granta, The Best Spiritual Writing, Words Without Borders, and Tel Aviv Review. A collection of her essays was published in Italian as L'Oceano e'dentro di noi. Currently she is teaching migrant women who are waiting for their Italian papers.
Publisher: North Point Press
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