HOW TO LIVE LIKE AN ITALIAN: A USER’S GUIDE TO LA DOLCE VITA

Book ID/图书代码： 08090008B29175

English Summary/英文概要： We are fascinated by the Italians; their style, politics, diet, sex lives and cars, not to mention their incredibly beautiful country, to which many thousands of us flock year after year. Annalisa gives us the skinny on what makes Italians tick. Why are they healthy and slim in spite of their carb-rich food? Why do they dress up for every occasion, even if it’s a trip to the market? Why do young Italians stay at home with mamma until well into their thirties? How can a country that produced Botticelli also produce Berlusconi? Taking a close look at all aspects of life in II Bel Paese, this book is the essential companion for the curious and the committed Italophile.

It’s clear to many foreigners that Italians have a great lifestyle, culture and attitude towards life. This book will reveal and explain some of the ’secrets’ of this Dolce Vita. >From fashion to food, from politics to parties, from music to marriage, from cars to cinema, from sex to sport, to art and to how people of the world see Italy.

This is not a falsely sunny picture of the Italian way of life, but more a feel-good, optimistic and gently humorous book that will give readers a good insight into how Italians approach life. A kind of ‘Why French Women Don’t Get Fat’, but aimed at both men and women (though we anticipate that mostly women will buy the book!).

‘Italians are a contradictory nation. We export the best of fashion design and architecture, but also the Mafia and Camorra. We love children but have the lowest birth rate of the world. We have the highest life expectancy in the world but we might have 300 dead on the roads in just one week-end. Living La Dolce Vita will highlight the good and the bad, the appealing and the appalling of the Italian lifestyle; it will teach how to reveal the “inner Italian” in each of us, by telling non-Italians also what we do wrong…From sports to style, from cars to trash TV, I outline an unusual portrait of my country, also based on interviews with Italians living abroad.’

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 意大利，美丽的风景﹑前沿的时尚﹑浓厚的文化，每年吸引着无数的参观者来一睹芳容，
在意大利，每一天都好似狂欢节，
意大利人随意的生活，随意的恋爱，这种日子逍遥无比，令人艳羡！
可是这种生活并不是完美无缺的。
此书的作者独具匠心，在描写意大利人每日盛宴般生活的同时向世人列举了他们的不足之处以待修正。
翻开本书，你不仅能神游这个美丽的国度，领略它的文化，更能大饱眼福，一览它的美食。

意大利人的生活方式让我们着迷，他们的潮流﹑政治﹑饮食﹑性生活和汽车无一不让我们为之倾倒，而该国的美丽风景更是吸引成千上万人年复一年来此地观光旅游。本书中，作者向我们展示了意大利文化的迷人之处。他们吃高热量的食物，但依然健康苗条；他们一向盛装出行，就算是到市场上去也不例外；年轻的意大利人喜欢黏在父母身边直到三十出头；这个国家诞生了波堤切利，也培育了贝卢斯科尼。本书是意大利发烧友不可或缺的必备书。
在外人看来，意大利人的生活方式﹑文化和生活态度真是棒极了。本书将为你揭秘并解说这种迷乱放荡背后的真实境况。本书将从时尚到美食﹑政治到党派﹑音乐到婚姻﹑汽车到电影院﹑性生活到运动，艺术以及世人眼中的意大利等角度出发为你展现一个全面而真实的意大利。
本书不在于营造虚假的美妙意大利式人生，而是给读者带来愉快﹑乐观和幽默的感觉，让读者有心洞察意大利人的生活观。正如《法国女人为什么不会变胖》一书虽貌似针对大多数妇女，但事实上是男女读者通吃。
意大利是个充满矛盾的国家。意大利人向世人展示最佳的时尚和建筑设计，但这个国家黑手党和克莫拉秘密组织的臭名远扬也是全球公认的；意大利人喜欢孩子，但这个国家的出生率却排在世界末尾；意大利人的平均寿命在全球是最高的，但是每星期因交通意外丧生的人就要有300多个。开放的生活有好处自然也有坏处，有其吸引人的方面自然也就有其令人骇闻的方面。书中向外人揭示了意大利人的过错，旨在用这种方式教育意大利人该如何控制自己的“内在意大利”。从体育到潮流﹑汽车到蹩脚电视剧，作者在书中向读者描绘了一个不同寻常的意大利，此外，作者还访问了一些常年居于国外的意大利人采集了相应的信息。(YM)

Awards/获奖情况："[This] wide-ranging celebration of all things Italian is as smart, entertaining, and interesting as the land it represents, perfect for Italophiles, travelers, and every curious reader." ---Booklist

About the Author/作者介绍： 在二十多年的新闻与几个国家刊物,包括意大利和已有安娜莉莎放弃收集了许多故事和细节，作为意大利人成功和惊慌的人口问题。她是一名意大利记者与她英国的丈夫和两个孩子住在伦敦。

In twenty years’ journalism with several national publications, including Repubblica and Corriere della Sera, Annalisa has collected many stories and details on the Italians as a successful and troubled population. She is an Italian journalist and lives in London with her English husband and their two children.

Format:电子手稿

Rights Status/版权销售情况：Simplified Chinese/简体中文：AVAILABLE

Complex/Traditional Chinese/繁体中文：AVAILABLE

Sales in other countries/其他国家销售情况：已售版权：
Polish rights to JK Publishing
Hungarian rights to Tericum Kiado

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