Presentation of the book: My Two Italies (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2014), by Joseph Luzzi. A poignant personal account from a child of Calabrian peasants whose lifelong study of Italy unveils the mysteries of this Bel Paese, "Beautiful Land," where artistic genius and political corruption have gone hand in hand from the time of Michelangelo to The Sopranos.

The child of Italian immigrants Luzzi straddles these two perspectives to link his family's dramatic story to Italy's North-South divide, its quest for a unifying language, and its passion for art, food, and family.

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