Read Around Europe Challenge

Read at least one book by an author from each country in Europe.

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Best books from Europe (2605)
1201.

Troubling Love by Elena Ferrante EN

Rating: 2 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Italy flag Italy
Description:
"Following her mother's untimely death, Delia sets off on a breathtaking odyssey through the chaotic, suffocating streets of her native Naples in search of the truth about her family. Reality is buried in the fertile soil of memory, and Delia digs deep to reconcile the past with the mysterious events leading up to her mother's death. Spurred by a series of anonymous telephone calls, Delia reconstructs her mother's final days and with every new discovery must face the possibility that her mother was not at all the person Delia imagined her to be. To learn the truth and to untangle the knot of l... continue

1202.

Adua by Igiaba Scego EN

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Country: Europe / Italy flag Italy
Description:
A searing novel about a young immigrant woman's dream of freedom in Rome and the legacies of her African past.

1203.

Numero Zero by Umberto Eco EN

Rating: 2 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Italy flag Italy
Description:
From the best-selling author of The Name of the Rose and The Prague Cemetery, a novel about the murky world of media politics, conspiracy, and murder

1204.

Comrade Don Camillo by Giovanni Guareschi EN

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Country: Europe / Italy flag Italy
Description:
Number 4 in the Don Camillo series, beloved by 23 million readers. When Peppone loses out to Don Camillo on a matter of conscience he must accept the battling priest's presence among a group of communist activists on a trip he is organising to Mother Russia. Travelling incognito, Don Camillo becomes the life and soul of the Party and picks off his totalitarian comrades one-by-one in a hilarious riot of shrewd manipulation. But then fate intervenes and the travellers discover a surprise common denominator more radical than any political ideology... 'Those who read The Little World of Don Camill... continue

1205.

Trick by Domenico Starnone EN

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Italy flag Italy
Description:
In this novel "about ambition, family, and old-age ... [a] grandfather and grandson match wits as [the elder] heads toward a reckoning with his own ambitions and life choices"--Amazon.com.



1208.

Seda by Alessandro Baricco ES

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Italy flag Italy
Description:
El autor presentaba la edición italiana de este libro, que tuvo un éxito extraordinario, con estas palabras: ésta no es una novela. Ni siquiera es un cuento. Esta es una historia. Empieza con un hombre que atraviesa el mundo, y acaba con un lago que perma

1209.

El nombre de la rosa by Umberto Eco ES

Rating: 4.5 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Italy flag Italy
Description:
La novela emblemática de Umberto Eco. Una trama apasionante. Una admirable reconstrucción del conflictivo siglo XIV «Umberto Eco cambió nuestra mirada sobre los libros: imprescindibles, pequeños, frágiles, a veces criminales, casi siempre salvadores. Un maestro que nos enseñó a entrelazar la sabiduría y el juego con su estilo sagaz y lúdico, con su asombrosa inventiva y certera lucidez.» Irene Vallejo UNO DE LOS 100 TÍTULOS FUNDAMENTALES DEL SIGLO XX SEGÚN LE MONDE Valiéndose de las características de la novela gótica, la crónica medieval y la novela policíaca, El nombre de la rosa narra las i... continue

1210.

El difunto Matías Pascal by Luigi Pirandello ES

Rating: 5 (2 votes)
Country: Europe / Italy flag Italy
Description:
Mattia Pascal lleva una vida monótona en una ciudad de provincias. Luego, providencialmente, descubre que ha sido declarado muerto. Al darse cuenta de que tiene la oportunidad de empezar de nuevo, de hacerlo bien esta vez, se muda a una nueva ciudad, adopta un nuevo nombre y un nuevo curso de vida, sólo para descubrir que esta nueva existencia es tan insoportable como la anterior. Pero cuando regresa al mundo que dejó atrás, ya es demasiado tarde: su trabajo ha desaparecido y su esposa se ha vuelto a casar. El destino de Mattia Pascal es seguir viviendo como el fant... continue