Katherine Wilson (1)

This book is a rather rare case, when a view on another culture through personal experience reads well, entertains and conveys quite a lot of curious and useful information. The 'I's in it were just enough, pleasingly peppered with witty self-irony. Study of the new culture was with eyes wide open and non-judgemental, though a good measure of comparison and interpretation attempts was always there. All conclusions were verified with actual Neapolitans.

Although the book addresses a number of episodes from female standpoint I still learned a lot. And while in Naples I ate quite a few of meals mentioned in the story. Too bad I didn't remember quite as many of those cool Neapolitan regionalisms the author introduced.

All in all an excellent book for anyone to read before going to Naples or Italy.… (meer)