Books set in Italy (201)


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How to Be Both by Ali Smith EN

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Scotland flag Scotland
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WINNER OF THE BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2015 WINNER OF THE GOLDSMITHS PRIZE 2014 SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2014 WINNER OF THE 2014 COSTA NOVEL AWARD WINNER OF THE SALTIRE SOCIETY LITERARY BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2014 NOMINATED FOR THE FOLIO PRIZE 2015 How to be both is the dazzling new novel by Ali Smith Passionate, compassionate, vitally inventive and scrupulously playful, Ali Smith's novels are like nothing else. How to be both is a novel all about art's versatility. Borrowing from painting's fresco technique to make an original literary double-take, it's a fast-moving genr... continue

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How to Win an Election : An Ancient Guide for Modern Politicians by Quintus Tullius Cicero EN

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Country: Europe / Italy flag Italy
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Presents an ancient Roman guide to campaigning for modern politicians. Presented in English and Latin.


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If Not Now, When? by Primo Levi EN

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Country: Europe / Italy flag Italy
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Primo Levi was among the greatest witnesses to twentieth-century atrocity. In this gripping novel, based on a true story, he reveals the extraordinary lives of the Russian, Polish and Jewish partisans trapped behind enemy lines during the Second World War. Wracked by fear, hunger and fierce rivalries, they link up, fall apart, struggle to stay alive and to sabotage the efforts of the all-powerful German army. A compelling tale of action, resistance and epic adventure, it also reveals Levi's characteristic compassion and deep insight into the moral dilemmas of total war. It ranks alongside THE ... continue

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If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino EN

Rating: 4 (28 votes)
Country: North America / Cuba flag Cuba
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Introduction by Peter Washington; Translation by William Weaver Italo Calvino’s masterpiece combines a love story and a detective story into an exhilarating allegory of reading, in which the reader of the book becomes the book’s central character. Based on a witty analogy between the reader’s desire to finish the story and the lover’s desire to consummate his or her passion, IF ON A WINTER’S NIGHT A TRAVELER is the tale of two bemused readers whose attempts to reach the end of the same book—IF ON A WINTER’S NIGHT A TRAVELER, by Italo Calvino, of course—are constantly and comically frustrated. ... continue




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Il senso delle parole rotte by Massimiliano Giri IT

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Country: Europe / San Marino flag San Marino
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Nella villa sulla collina, oltre il cancello di ferro battuto, le pattuglie aspettano all'ingresso. Gli aloni bluastri dei lampeggianti nella pioggerella nebulizzata che riempie l'aria. La casa è stata già perlustrata e la ragazza non c'è. Il cellulare, staccato. Segni di una colluttazione in soggiorno, schegge di ceramica spuntano dal parquet come denti di squalo. Tracce di sangue, un arabesco scuro come melassa che va verso una porta sul retro e prosegue nel parco, fra la ghiaia e l'erba. La recinzione di metallo è stata tranciata, un buco delle dimensioni di una persona spezza il verde dell... continue