Tim Parks Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Tim Parks is a novelist, translator, and professor of literature.
This Wild Dance: Poems
S. R. HardyTim Parks@combrayfinches Ah... a thousand thanks. If you're interested in Hardy, I wrote something much longer about his whole mind set in an OUP paperback, The Novel, a Survival Skill. Funnily enough, looking today at an Italian translation of Hardy's poems...
Paperback, 2021
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The Hero's Way: Walking with Garibaldi from Rome to Ravenna
Tim ParksTim Parks"The Hero's Way is unique. Not a guide, not a memoir, not a historical account, but all these genres together, masterfully alternated thanks to a prose that is ironic, lucid, sometimes lyrical, on occasion moving." Roberto Balzani, Il Sole 24 Ore
Hardcover, 2021
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Garibaldi: Citizen of the World
Alfonso SciroccoTim ParksTaking the opportunity of this tweet to recommend, Garibaldi: Citizen of the World: A Biography by Alfonso Scirocco. A wonderful book. https://t.co/S6vRjA0ntJ
Hardcover, 2007
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Dead Souls
Sam RiviereTim ParksDead Souls ... [Riviere's] pitiless, often hilarious satire ... feels fresh, candid, and, though no one dares to use the word in this book, heartfelt.
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Where I'm Reading from: The Changing World of Books
Tim ParksTim ParksYou can read these short essays on literature and translation in the NYRB daily, but there's a paywall after the first article. Otherwise, this is in the collection Where I'm Reading From. There is a second collection Pen in Hand.... https://t.co/r4xIhjJ3Aw
Hardcover, 2015
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The Book of All Books
Roberto CalassoTim ParksGood to see the translation of Calasso's The Book of All Books shortlisted for @LitTranslate's prize... It really is an eye-opener. Congrats to others on the list @botsford_cla @lisapike69 @Allisonucci @BrianRobMoore https://t.co/CERq8aae1t
Paperback, 2022
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An Italian Education: The Further Adventures of an Expatriate in Verona
Tim ParksTim ParksThe Economist's puts An Italian Education among it's best 6 reads on Italy...https://economist.com/economist-reads/2022/06/27/our-rome-correspondent-on-the-six-books-that-serve-as-the-best-guide-to-italy
Paperback, 2006
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