Assouline Italian Chic

Italy is a country synonymous with style and beauty in all aspects of life: Rome's rich history, Florence's Renaissance art, Venice's graceful canals, Milan's haute couture, Bologna's signature pasta alla bolognese, Portofino's colourful architecture and winking blue waters of Capri and the Amalfi coast, among others. Italians themselves live effortlessly amid all this splendour and instinctively know exactly the kind of outfit to put on, design elements to balance or delectable ingredients to add.

Daria Reina and Andrea Ferolla, sensitive and often nostalgic lovers of their homeland, take readers on a tour of Italian Italy, off the main roads traversed by tourists and into hidden side streets or completely off the grid, into lesser-known but filled corners bursting with the quintessential details that define timeless Italian style. See the Sassi cave dwellings etched into the mountainside of Matera; admire the reddish-orange walls characteristic of the Emilia-Romagna region; and see the carved birds at the Grand Hotel Ambasciatori in Sorrento, so lifelike they could fly off the page. Reina and Ferolla invite readers to discover the special moments and places that reveal an intimate portrait of one of the world's most cherished destinations, and Ferolla's classic illustrations add another level of personality to the journey.

The book has 264 pages, is written in English and measures W 24.9 x L 33 x D 3.6 cm.