Italy a Glorious Shambles

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(33 37 41 1)>Italy is a unique country. This book combines in an empathetic and amusing manner the author's 40 years of personal experience and observation of life in Italy with an incisive social commentary.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(33 37 41 1)>It examines the impact of recent historical events and the country's fascist legacy which remains of great pertinence today for both Italy and beyond.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(33 37 41 1)>Italians project the impression of being comfortable in their own skin. Life is to be enjoyed simply and fully - as has been said: 'They just seem to do life better than we do'. This remark conveys perfectly Italians' wonderful ability to cope with anything that is thrown at them: tomorrow is another day. The book also explores the time-wasting and often positively absurd ways in which Italians must deal with the administrative aspects of everyday life. As a result they have become past masters in creativity for social and economic survival.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(33 37 41 1)>Finally many personal observations document the innate generosity - in terms of attitudes values judgement and kindness - of Italians. Such a capacity accounts to a large extent for their spontaneous ability to simplify life and to facilitate interactions at all levels.</span></p><p></p>