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Author | : Giuseppe Di Piazza |
Publisher | : Other Press, LLC |
Total Pages | : 241 |
Release | : 2014-10-21 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1590516656 |
A noir and sensual page-turner that cracks open the Mafia’s secret world through the stories of four lives Palermo in the 1980s is a perfect place for a young crime reporter to get his start. The Sicilian Mafia is at work, threatening, wounding, and killing anyone who dares to defy their orders. Our protagonist is himself no angel, hardly compassionate, a bit macho and egocentric, but candid in his recounting of what has unfolded in front of his eyes both on the job and in his private life. Di Piazza, who is also a Sicilian journalist, tells his stories as if he were reporting actual events. His description of the tense bravado of a youth growing up in the midst of Mafia terror is strikingly acute.
Author | : Rick Steves |
Publisher | : Hachette UK |
Total Pages | : 550 |
Release | : 2019-04-16 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 1641711035 |
Swim in the sparkling Mediterranean, marvel at the peak of Mount Etna, and get to know this region's timeless charm: with Rick Steves on your side, Sicily can be yours! Inside Rick Steves Sicily you'll find: Comprehensive coverage for spending a week or more exploring Sicily Rick's strategic advice on how to get the most out of your time and money, with rankings of his must-see favorites Top sights and hidden gems, from Mount Etna and the Byzantine mosaics of Monreale to the Ballarò street market and Siracusa's puppet museum How to connect with culture: Savor seafood-centric cuisine made from ancient recipes, catch an opera performance at the Teatro Massimo, or sample authentic Marsala wine Beat the crowds, skip the lines, and avoid tourist traps with Rick's candid, humorous insight The best places to eat, sleep, and relax with a glass of local Nero d'Avola Self-guided walking tours of lively neighborhoods and incredible museums Detailed maps for exploring on the go Useful resources including a packing list, a historical overview, and useful Italian phrases Over 350 bible-thin pages include everything worth seeing without weighing you down Complete, up-to-date information on Palermo, Cefalù, Trapani and the West Coast, Agrigento and the Valley of the Temples, Ragusa and the Southeast, Catania, Taormina, and more Make the most of every day and every dollar with Rick Steves Sicily.
Author | : Paul Wilstach |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 336 |
Release | : 1926 |
Genre | : Mediterranean Sea |
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Author | : John Lawson Stoddard |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 1908 |
Genre | : Asia |
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Author | : Michael Buonanno |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 377 |
Release | : 2014-04-04 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 1476615004 |
This study analyzes the folkloric genres that comprise the repertoire of the marionette theater in Sicily. Here, epic, farce, saints' lives, bandits' lives, fairytales, Christian myth, and city legend offer the vehicles by which puppeteers comment upon, critique--perhaps even negotiate--the relationships among the major classes of Sicilian society: the aristocracy, the people, the clergy and the Mafia. The lynchpin of the repertoire is the Carolingian Cycle and, in particular, a contemporary version of The Song of Roland known in Sicily as The Death of the Paladins, a text which illustrates the means by which the Carolingian heroes--Charlemagne, Roland, Renaud, Ganelon, and Angelica--augment saints, bandits, Biblical figures and Sicilian folk heroes to provide the marionette theater its rhetorical function: the articulation and dissemination of the tools of Sicilian identity.
Author | : John Lawson Stoddard |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 1907 |
Genre | : Canada |
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Author | : John Lawson Stoddard |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 1905 |
Genre | : Asia |
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Author | : Michael Buonanno |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 324 |
Release | : 2018-12-06 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0786497122 |
Mythology--circulated in sacred stories (myths) and their reenactments (rituals)--is the basis of any society's religion, and religion is an essential key to identity. Mythology's meaning depends on the elaboration of identity in cultural metaphors that are at the same time ecological (arising from a society's environmental exploitation), sociological (based on indigenous social relations) and ideological (couched in terms of a society's worldview). But tellingly, these metaphors are embodied in anthropomorphic spirits, fostering a deep sense of identification with those spirits as well as with individuals who share in one's spiritual devotions. This study examines mythology from a global perspective, citing case studies in cultural traditions from Africa, Europe, Oceania, Native America and elsewhere.
Author | : Giuseppe Pitrè |
Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages | : 698 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0415980305 |
First Published in 2008. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 1650 |
Release | : 1924 |
Genre | : Home economics |
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