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Italy Out Of Hand: A Capricious Tour By Barbara Hodgson Barbara Hodgson, follow-up on the 1995 classic Paris Out Of Hand on which she collaborated, with this wonderfully quirky companion volume Italy Out Of Hand. Unlike the Paris version, which was a tour of a mystical, magical Paris that doesn't really exist, this guide is very real. Because after all, truth is stranger than fiction! Italy Out Of Hand: A Capricious Tour is no guidebook. There are no restaurants, hotels, or tour schedules. There is a firm lack of starred reviews…and all the maps are at least eighty years old. This is a book for anyone who wants to know the real Italy. This book is a feast of quirks, idiosyncrasies, and characters that breathe life into a region. As Hodgson writes in the book's introduction, "The Italy I have come to know has given me a taste for the random and bizarre and has compelled me to search out the stories and images that contribute to its flamboyant character. My discoveries have led me to create Italy Out Of Hand, a compendium of the ridiculous and the obscure. It's my way of exploring the minutia of a country that is too intricate, too grand, and too inexplicable to tackle head on." Barbara Hodgson is a writer, artist, designer, and photographer who resides in Vancouver, Canada. Her other published books include The Sensualist, Hippolyte's Island, The Tattooed Map, and most recently, Lives Of Shadows. Italy Out Of Hand: A Capricious Tour By Faith Harper
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