Vite italiane: Dodici conversazioni con italiani

by Ugo Skubikowski

Overview

In this companion volume to L'Italia verso il Duemila, Ugo Skubikowski provides a glimpse into authentic Italian life through the presentation of twelve interviews with Italians.

Intended as a text for students in second-year university and beyond, Vite italiane brings together discussions with Italians from different regions and backgrounds, who speak candidly about a wide range of experiences. Among those we encounter are a recent university graduate, a widow raising a young daughter as a single mother, a high school teacher who has traded her leftist political activism for a new, more moderate approach, and a successful, ambitious restauranteur. These and other interviews provide a fascinating and varied picture of life in Italy as experienced and described by Italians themselves.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780802048875
Publisher:	University of Toronto Press
Publication date:	11/12/2005
Series:	Toronto Italian Studies
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	200
Product dimensions:	6.03(w) x 8.99(h) x 0.50(d)
Language:	Italian

About the Author

Ugo Skubikowski is a professor in the Department of Italian at Middlebury College.

Editorial Reviews

'Skubikowski's interviews are extremely well conceived: the discussion topics are varied and the content is unique. The interviews cover a wide range of topics: from work to family, from politics to friendship, from social issues to divorce. The result is a glimpse of authentic Italian life as experienced by the protagonists themselves. We are not talking about the usual topics found in grammar textbooks (everyday life, shopping, entertainment, banking, etc.) but about real issues, a global vision of living and understanding the Italian realities, a real portrayal of Italy.'

Salvatore Bancheri

'Skubikowski's interviews are extremely well conceived: the discussion topics are varied and the content is unique. The interviews cover a wide range of topics: from work to family, from politics to friendship, from social issues to divorce. The result is a glimpse of authentic Italian life as experienced by the protagonists themselves. We are not talking about the usual topics found in grammar textbooks (everyday life, shopping, entertainment, banking, etc.) but about real issues, a global vision of living and understanding the Italian realities, a real portrayal of Italy.'

Salvatore Bancheri