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Giuseppe Tomasi, duca di Palma e principe di Lampedusa, nacque a Palermo nel dicembre del 1896 e morì a Roma nel Luglio del 1957. Il suo capolavoro, Il Gattopardo, pubblicato un anno e mezzo dopo la sua morte, rimase a lungo inedito, rifiutato da mol... More details on Il Gattopardo
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more than perfect history is a novel intensely absorbing the second world war and its aftermath«Non c'è parola, in nessun linguaggio umano, capace di consolare le cavie che non sanno il perché della loro morte». Un sopravvissuto di Hiroshima *** «...
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What do readers say about The Day of the Owl?
short but intense a taut murder mystery a crime novel straightforward murder mysteryA man is shot dead as he runs to catch the bus in the piazza of a small Sicilian town. Captain Bellodi, the detective on the case, is new to his job and determined to prove himself. Bellodi suspects the Mafia, and his suspicions grow when he finds hi... More details on The Day of the Owl
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What do readers say about The Tartar Steppe?
spare, but exquisite style sparse yet beautifully told suspenseful and eerie a rocky desertIdealistic young officer Giovanni Drogo is full of determination to serve his country well. But when he arrives at a bleak border station in the Tartar desert, where he is to take a short assignment at Fort Bastiani, he finds the castle manned by vet... More details on The Tartar Steppe
He had himself called while it was still dark and for the first time put on his lieutenant’s uniform. When he had done, he looked at himself in the mirror by the light of an oil lamp but failed to fin...
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What do readers say about The Viceroys?
crisp and empathetic writing an outstanding novel a lost literary classic a vast dramatic panoramaA lost literary classic, written in 1894, The Viceroys is one of the most acclaimed masterworks of Italian realism. The novel follows three generations of the aristocratic Uzeda family as it struggles to hold on to power in the face of the cataclysmi... More details on The Viceroys
GIUSEPPE was standing in front of the gates, dandling his baby, showing it the marble coat-of-arms on top of the arch, the arms-rack nailed to the vestibule wall where the prince’s men hung their pike...
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What do readers say about The Sicilian?
the stories ending a fast paced book tahun nyari novel a good readAfter Mario Puzo wrote his internationally acclaimed The Godfather, he has often been imitated but never equaled. Puzo's classic novel, The Sicilian, stands as a cornerstone of his work-a lushly romantic, unforgettable tale of bloodshed, justice, and... More details on The Sicilian
He waved goodbye to the men on the little fishing boat who had brought him to this dock, men who had guarded him these past years. The fishing boat rode the white wake of the ocean liner, a brave litt...
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What do readers say about The Agony and the Ecstasy?
dramatic and informative epic historical novel michelangelo’s life and times very well writtenThis is Irving Stone's powerful and passionate biographical novel of Michelangelo. His time: the turbulent Renaissance, the years of poisoning princes, warring popes, the all-powerful Medici family, the fanatic monk Savonarola. His loves: the frail a... More details on The Agony and the Ecstasy
The studio was a large high-ceilinged room with a pungent smell of paint and charcoal. In the center was a rough plank table set up on horses around which half a dozen sleepy young apprentices crouche...
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What do readers say about I Malavoglia?
a sicilian fishing village the malavoglia family an enjoyable family saga lyrical realistLa storia di poveri pescatori in lotta col mare e con la gente del proprio paese, ne "I Malavoglia" si racconta di un "mare amaro , infido e avaro: Padron 'Ntoni e la sua famiglia, a causa di un naufragio che travolge la piccola barca e con essa il c... More details on I Malavoglia
At one time the Malavoglia had been as numerous as the stones on the old Trezza road; there had been Malavoglia at Ognina too, and at Aci Castello, all good honest sea-faring folk and, as is often the...
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What do readers say about Death in Venice?
very deep story tedious and overblown creepy and depressing strange, creepy little novelEight complex stories illustrative of the author's belief that "a story must tell itself," highlighted by the high art style of the famous title novella.... More details on Death in Venice
GUSTAV ASCHENBACH (or von Aschenbach, as his name read officially since his fiftieth birthday), on a spring afternoon of that year 19—which for months posed such a threat to our continent, had left hi...
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What do readers say about Our Ancestors?
charming, clever, and inspiring the theme of identity magical realism allegorical but not too heavy-handedViscount Medardo is bisected by a Turkish cannonball on the plains of Bohemia; Baron Cosimo, at the age of twelve, retires to the trees for the rest of his days; Charlemagne's knight, Agiluf, is an empty suit of armour. These three vivid images are t... More details on Our Ancestors
There was a war on against the Turks. My uncle, the Viscount Medardo of Terralba, was riding towards the Christian camp across the plain of Bohemia, followed by a squire called Kurt. Storks were flyin...
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