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In the wry but affectionate tradition of Bill Bryson,Ciao, America!is a delightful look at America through the eyes of a fiercely funny guest - one of Italy's favorite authors who spent a year in Washington, D.C. When Beppe Severgnini and his wife rented a creaky house in Georgetown they were determined to see if they could adapt to a full four seasons in a country obsessed with ice cubes, air-conditioning, recliner chairs, and, of all things, after-dinner cappuccinos. From their first encounters with cryptic rental listings to their back-to-Europe yard sale twelve months later, Beppe explores this foreign land with the self-described patience of a mildly inappropriate beachcomber, holding up a mirror to America's signature manners and mores. Succumbing to his surroundings day by day, he and his wife find themselves developing a taste for Klondike bars and Samuel Adams beer, and even that most peculiar of American institutions -- the pancake house. The realtor who waves a perfect bye-bye, the overzealous mattress salesman who bounces from bed to bed, and the plumber named Marx who deals in illegally powerful showerheads are just a few of the better-than-fiction characters the Severgninis encounter while foraging for clues to therealAmerica. A trip to the computer store proves just as revealing as D.C.'s Fourth of July celebration, as do boisterous waiters angling for tips and no-parking signs crammed with a dozen lines of fine print. By the end of his visit, Severgnini has come to grips with life in these United States -- and written a charming, laugh-out-loud tribute. From the Hardcover edition.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Broadway Books
ISBN-10
0767912357
ISBN-13
9780767912358
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2201230

Product Key Features

Book Title
Ciao, America! : an Italian Discovers the U. S.
Author
Beppe Severgnini
Original Language
Italian
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Essays & Travelogues, Customs & Traditions, United States / General
Publication Year
2002
Genre
Travel, Social Science
Number of Pages
256 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
8.5in
Item Height
0.9in
Item Width
5.8in
Item Weight
13.7 Oz

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Lc Classification Number
E169.04.S48 2002
Reviews
"A bella laugh...Wonderfully funny perspective. No Dickensian outrage is to be found in these pages, no close to Toquevillian analysis;Ciao, America! is fun from first page to last, pure and simple." -Jonathan Yardley,The Washington Post "Severignini is a master in the vein of Bill Bryson...Ciao, America! is a sardonic tale of cultural bewilderment, an incisive peek into the mundane obsessions of our American existence that makes the commonplace seem not only insane but extremely funny." -Publishers Weekly "A delightful read, full of wonderful anecdotes that capture the eye-opening absurdity of life in the United States." -Chicago Tribune "Witty...Whatever you have taken for granted in America is what Severignini observes with the freshness and charm of the outsider, here for an extended visit. He gives us back ourselves-- with our manners and mores and even the fine print on our No Parking signs--in a shining mirror." -Philadelphia Weekly Press, "A bella laugh...Wonderfully funny perspective. No Dickensian outrage is to be found in these pages, no close to Toquevillian analysis; Ciao, America! is fun from first page to last, pure and simple." -Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post "Severignini is a master in the vein of Bill Bryson...Ciao, America! is a sardonic tale of cultural bewilderment, an incisive peek into the mundane obsessions of our American existence that makes the commonplace seem not only insane but extremely funny." -Publishers Weekly "A delightful read, full of wonderful anecdotes that capture the eye-opening absurdity of life in the United States." -Chicago Tribune "Witty...Whatever you have taken for granted in America is what Severignini observes with the freshness and charm of the outsider, here for an extended visit. He gives us back ourselves-- with our manners and mores and even the fine print on our No Parking signs--in a shining mirror." -Philadelphia Weekly Press From the Hardcover edition.
Copyright Date
2002
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2001-052649
Dewey Decimal
917.304/931
Dewey Edition
21

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