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Summary: Good read even if you're not traveling to Italy. . .
Review: "Italian Fever" was an enjoyable read. I picked it up simply because I love reading about experiences in other countries. The unusual stories and the author's own impressions make for a personal touch that adds considerably to the description of travels in Italy. Marwitz's descriptiveness, humor and originality are a pleasure.
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Summary: "Italy Fever" Inspires Even Armchair Travelers
Review: Although I have not yet had the opportunity to travel abroad, "Italy Fever" has inspired me to begin planning my own trip to the beautiful land of vinyards, historic sites and wonderful food. But this armchair traveler appreciates even more the underlying message of the Marwitz book: find your passion in life-- whether it is travel, fine wine or something else entirely--and enjoy it with reckless abandon. Enjoy this quick read with your favorite pizza and make your own dreams come true!
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Summary: Learn, Laugh & Plan to Visit Italy !
Review: As a Brit and European traveler, upon reading Italy Fever - I learnt, laughed and am inspired to plan a trip to Italy! I love the way Darlene Marwitz blends both her experiences and perceptions of travel in Italy, with captivating history and facts. Darlene's descriptions of traveling with her husand, David, are vivid - I felt as if I was there with them along the journey! Darlene's enthusiasm and attention to details about all aspects of Italy are unique - we share the same love of films that show Italian countryside and culture (Recommended viewing "Tea With Mussolini" and "Enchanted April").
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Summary: Good read even if you're not traveling to Italy. . .
Review: As an avid fiction reader, I found "Italy Fever" a very easy to read,useful and entertaining book regarding how to experience Italy. If you grew up in a small town but still believe you want to experience the larger world, Marwitz's book is perfect. Her down to earth instructions on how to travel in Italy, or even feel like you are while you stay right at home, can help make those of us without lots of international travel ready to meet the challenge!
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Summary: Continental Rural Texas-Italian
Review: As an avid fiction reader, I found "Italy Fever" a very easy to read,useful and entertaining book regarding how to experience Italy. If you grew up in a small town but still believe you want to experience the larger world, Marwitz's book is perfect. Her down to earth instructions on how to travel in Italy, or even feel like you are while you stay right at home, can help make those of us without lots of international travel ready to meet the challenge!
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Summary: dull, boring
Review: hard to recommend this one; its just nothing
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Summary: Feeding the Fever for Italy
Review: Having Italian ancestry, I have grown up with so many stories and pictures of Italy, and the relatives that my grandparents left behind to come to America for a better life. Darlene's book was wonderful...to ready over a cup of tea and dream about the day when my husband and I will visit Italy. And I had to laugh out loud so many times, as she tried convince her husband that he, too, had a love affair with Italy! I've been trying to do that for several years, and I've heard my husband utter the same words that Darlene's husband did on many occasions! I know that someday I'll get my trip to Italy, and my husband will try to be enthusiastic about it...we'll see how that goes! But in the mean time, Darlene's book has given me so much pleasure and to know that others share my passion of Italy is wonderful!
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Summary: Feeding the Fever for Italy
Review: Having Italian ancestry, I have grown up with so many stories and pictures of Italy, and the relatives that my grandparents left behind to come to America for a better life. Darlene's book was wonderful...to ready over a cup of tea and dream about the day when my husband and I will visit Italy. And I had to laugh out loud so many times, as she tried convince her husband that he, too, had a love affair with Italy! I've been trying to do that for several years, and I've heard my husband utter the same words that Darlene's husband did on many occasions! I know that someday I'll get my trip to Italy, and my husband will try to be enthusiastic about it...we'll see how that goes! But in the mean time, Darlene's book has given me so much pleasure and to know that others share my passion of Italy is wonderful!
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Summary: Feeding the Fever
Review: How did I miss Italy Fever until today? As a feverish Italophile/bibliophile myself, I have an extensive collection of books on Italian history, travel, cookery, and fiction. Darlene Marwitz is my newest "find", a must-have reference. As a frequent traveler to Italy from Bergamo to Roma and all wonders inbetween, I either own or have evaluated every possible source to plan my trips and further my romance with this land and its people. Having been a mental traveler long before a realized one, I commend Marwitz for her finely honed lists on travel through books and films. The reason I neglected to discover Italy Fever sooner could be my immersion in such pursuits as organizing my next trip, struggling with Italian language course, serving up Florentine timballo di maccheroni, hasseling everyone to "go there," faxing and phoning Italian friends and baking too many foccace. Darlene would approve, she outlines all such pursuits in her book and many more with an irrepressible style and a bubbling sense of humor, all founded on scholarly knowledge. She has done her homework. Remember the words of St. Catherine of Siena: "The more you know, the more you love, and by loving more, the more you enjoy." This author could have been me. I have experienced all of her passionate revelations. Like her, "I like details not found in typical publications . . .I want to read about and travel to places where sightseers seldom wander, locations best discovered by accident." Recalling the afternoon I drove on up a narrow lane after failing to find the villa of Iris Origo, pulled to the edge to turn around and found myself at the tall iron gates of her family burial ground and chapel. Inscribed on her tombstone is the quote from St. Catherine.
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Summary: Catch the Fever
Review: Italy Fever is a fine book which captures the flavor and essence of Italy and all things Italian. Darlene Marwitz takes us along with her on her Italian journeys; she tells us how she enticed her non-enthusiastic husband along on an anniversary trip by calling it an excursion to see the factory where his bike came from(!)and tells us of experiences, byways, and adventures she encountered on this and other trips. When she's not traveling to Italy or plotting her next trip, Marwitz tells us how she eases her Italy fever by eating gelato, planting Italian vegetables, seeing Italian movies, reading Italian books, perusing Italian websites....and gives specifics for all of these. For armchair travelers, frequent travelers, and those in between, her book will evoke the spirit and flavor of a country which for centuries has intrigued so many.
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