Books set in Italy (81)


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21.

Family Lexicon by Natalia Ginzburg EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Italy flag Italy
Description:
Natalia Ginzburg wrote her masterful, Strega Prize winning novel Family Lexicon while living in London in the 1960s. Homesick for her big, noisy Italian family, she summoned them in this novel, which is a celebration of the routines and rituals, in-jokes and insults and, above all, the repeated sayings that make up every family.

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Find Me : A Novel by André Aciman EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
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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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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If on a Winter's Night a Traveller by Italo Calvino EN

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Country: Europe / Italy flag Italy
Description:
Leads you through many different books including a detective adventure, a romance, a satire, an erotic story, a diary, and a quest.



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Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Italy flag Italy
Description:
In Kublai Khan's garden, at sunset, the young Marco Polo diverts the aged emperor from his obsession with the impending end of his empire with tales of countless cities past, present, and future.


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Last Summer in the City : A Novel by Gianfranco Calligarich EN

Rating: 2 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Italy flag Italy
Description:
The first novel from award-winning author Gianfranco Calligarich to be published in English, Last Summer in the City is a witty and despairing classic of Italian literature. Biting, tragic, and endlessly quotable, this translated edition features an introductory appreciation from longtime fan New York Times bestselling author André Aciman. In a city smothering under the summer sun and an overdose of la dolce vita, Leo Gazarra spends his time in an alcoholic haze, bouncing between run-down hotels and the homes of his rich and well-educated friends, without whom he would probably starve. At thir... continue