A culture lives in the things people say to one another. Not being able to leave the table, retreating into the shade at the height of noon, a wistful “if only” with no reason — Italian has a name for each of them. And once you know those names, you no longer wander Italy as a tourist. Inside this book are 111 words and phrases: what each one means, how it feels, when it's said, and how it sounds.
