Caterina Soffici: Italy yes Italy no. The land of the long lunch under scrutiny

London (and any destination that Italians flee to) is no better than Italy, writes Catherine Soffici in her book Italia yes, Italia no. “But I found the (blessing of the) banality of normality in London. Here you can finally escape from constant emergency, here you can live normally. That's why in London you live worse but you feel better. Because it's a normal place. Italy is not, anymore".