Sport Italia: The Italian Love Affair with Sport

by Simon Martin

The Italian love affair with sport is passionate, voracious, all-consuming. It provides a backdrop and a narrative to almost every aspect of daily life in Italy and the distinctively pink-coloured newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport is devoured by almost half a million readers every day. Narrating the history of modern Italy through its national passion for sport, Sport Italia provides a completely new portrayal of one of Europe's most alluring,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845118200
• ISBN13: 9781845118204
• Release Date: August 2011
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"