Word: mafiaã
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Dates: during 2002-2002
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...Europe, America and the Middle East, examining the ways revenge is treated in different cultures. Although at times the reader may wish for a stronger sense of chronology, the book skillfully combines personal journal with thoughtful analysis. Whether it’s in Sicily, where she learns of the Mafia??€™s ways, Albania, where she studies a popular local book that dictates acceptable methods of revenge, or Iran, where she talks with a Grand Ayatollah, her travels are at once enjoyable travelogues and fascinating cultural studies...