En jugosas porciones en forma de historias urbanas, Dickie nos muestra cómo fue configurándose la historia de la pasta, la pizza, el risotto, el salami, el pesto y demás platos que Italia ha enseñado al mundo a disfrutar.
Sin duda se trata de una de las mejores obras sobre la mafia siciliana, no sólo por ser rigurosa y exhaustiva sino porque se lee como la más apasionante de las novelas. Dickie se remonta a sus orígenes, en el siglo XVIII, para indagar...
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...
+++Haarsträubendes True Crime: Erstmals die wahre Geschichte der gesamten Mafia mit all ihren Gesichtern - Camorra, Cosa Nostra, 'Ndrangheta. Von Bestsellerautor John Dickie+++
Stereotypical representations of the Mezzogiorno are a persistent feature of Italian culture at all levels. In Darkest Italy, John Dickie analyzes these stereotypes in the post-Unification period, when the Mezzogiorno was widely seen as barbaric, violent...
Perfect for fans of La Cucina and Stanley Tucci's Taste , a vivid and passionate celebration of Italian food that explores its rich history and how it became the world's favorite cuisine.
The Sicilian mafia, or Cosa Nostra, is far from being Italy's only dangerous criminal fraternity. The south of the country hosts two other major mafias: the camorra, from Naples and its hinterland; and the 'ndrangheta, the mafia from the poor and...