Books set in Italy (201)


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51.

Fear of Flying by Erica Jong EN

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
Description:
An uninhibited story of Isadora Wing and her desire to fly free stands as a tale of self-discovery, liberation, and womanhood.

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Find Me : A Novel by André Aciman EN

Rating: 3.7 (3 votes)
Country: Africa / Egypt flag Egypt
Description:
Elio believes he has left behind his first love - but as an affair with an older man intensifies, his thoughts turn to the past and to Oliver. Oliver, a college professor, husband and father, is preparing to leave New York. The imminent trip stirs up longing and regret, awakening an old desire and propelling him towards a decision that could change everything. In Call Me By Your Name, we fell in love with Oliver and Elio. Find Me returns to these unforgettable characters, exploring how love can ripple out from the past and into the future.

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Follow Your Heart by Susanna Tamaro EN

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Italy flag Italy
Description:
An international bestseller with tremendous word-of-mouth appeal, "Follow Your Heart is a bittersweet, heartwarming novel spanning generations and teaching the universal truths about life, love, and what lies within each of us. Originally published in Italy, "Follow Your Heart won the coveted Premio Donna Citta di Roma and sold over 800,000 copies in that country alone before hitting bestseller lists throughout the rest of Europe. Now North American readers can enjoy the novel that has won over the world. It begins in late autumn 1992 as an elderly Italian woman, prompted by the knowledge of h... continue

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Forbidden Notebook by Alba de Cespedes EN

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Country: Europe / Italy flag Italy
Description:
Out running an errand, Valeria Cossati gives in to a sudden impulse - she buys a shiny black notebook. She starts keeping a diary in secret, recording her concerns about her daughter, the constant churn of the domestic routine and her fears that her husband will discover her new habit. With each entry Valeria plunges deeper into her interior life, uncovering profound dissatisfaction and restlessness. As she finds her own voice, the roles that have come to define her-as wife, as mother, as daughter-begin to break apart.Forbidden Notebook is a rediscovered jewel of Italian literature, published ... continue


56.

Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco EN

Rating: 3.9 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Italy flag Italy
Description:
"As brilliant and quirky as THE NAME OF THE ROSE, as mischievous and wide-raning....A virtuoso performance." THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE Three clever book editors, inspired by an extraordinary fable they heard years befoe, decide to have a little fun. Randomly feeding esoteric bits of knowledge into an incredible computer capable of inventing connections between all their entires, they think they are creating a long lazy game--until the game starts taking over.... Here is an incredible journey of thought and history, memory and fantasy, a tour de force as enthralling as anything Umberto Eco--o... continue

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Galileo by Bertolt Brecht EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Germany flag Germany
Description:
Dramatizes Galileo's conflict with the church over his assertion that the Earth revolves around the sun.

58.

Happiness, as Such by Natalia Ginzburg EN

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Italy flag Italy
Description:
The hauntingly beautiful epistolary novel from "a glowing light of modern Italian literature" (New York Times Book Review) Longlisted for the PEN Translation Award


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Hope : The Autobiography by Pope Francis, Jorge Mario Bergoglio EN

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Pope Francis originally intended this exceptional book to appear only after his death, but the needs of our times and the 2025 Jubilee Year of Hope have moved him to make this precious legacy available now. “Hope vividly recreates the colorful world where the young Jorge Mario Bergoglio grew up.”—The New York Times Hope is the first autobiography in history ever to be published by a Pope. Written over six years, this complete autobiography starts in the early years of the twentieth century, with Pope Francis’s Italian roots and his ancestors’ courageous migration to... continue