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.The Enchanted April (Virago modern classics)
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by: Elizabeth Von Arnim

November 27, 1991
Having loved both filmed versions of this story, I came to the book not anticipating any surprises, and in that respect I was correct. What I did get, however, was a more fully-formed understanding of each of the four women who come to San Salvatore. Each has her own quest, and each is surprised in the way that her quest is resolved.

Elizabeth von Arnim can harness language in ways that few other authors are able. She is, for instance, able to display what a walking joke Mr. Wilkins is, while letting him think that he's the very model of an educated man.

I started off loathing both Mrs. Fisher and Lady Caroline Dester in a way that wasn't true when watching the films. This made their transformations that much more satisfying, ... Read More:
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.Italian Short Stories: Racconti Italiano (New Penguin Parallel Text Series): Italian
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from: Penguin Books Ltd

September 30, 1999
This is a useful little book, well aimed at school-level students of written Italian. The stories are by well known names, some very famous (e.g. Primo Levi). As works of literature, they are not all particularly inspiring. However, if you have the stomach to read about the somewhat disgusting sex-lives of unclean peasants (as occurs in one story), then it is fine.

A strong point is the notes about idiomatic usages, some of which are very useful, and indeed illuminating about life in modern Italy. I can confirm the accuracy of these notes.

Recommendable, on the whole. Indeed, I hope that the author will continue, and give us further volumes.
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.Italian Stories/novelle Italiene: A Dual-language Book
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by: Jr. Hall

September 17, 1990
The short stories are entertaining, and they cover Italian writers from Machiavelli to Pirandello.

But the reason I bought this book is to study Italian. With Italian on the left and English on the right, this collection presents students with an easy way to build vocabulary and sample "literary" writing not found in regular textbooks.

Students should have at least an intermediary knowledge of Italian, in order to at least recognize the various past tenses employed.
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.Cavalleria Rusticana and Other Stories (Penguin Classics)
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by: Giovanni Verga

June 24, 1999
The short stories are entertaining, and they cover Italian writers from Machiavelli to Pirandello.

But the reason I bought this book is to study Italian. With Italian on the left and English on the right, this collection presents students with an easy way to build vocabulary and sample "literary" writing not found in regular textbooks.

Students should have at least an intermediary knowledge of Italian, in order to at least recognize the various past tenses employed.
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.Italian Short Stories: Racconti In Italiano: Volume 2 (Penguin Parallel Texts Series): 2
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by: Dimitri Vittorini

January 27, 1972
The short stories are entertaining, and they cover Italian writers from Machiavelli to Pirandello.

But the reason I bought this book is to study Italian. With Italian on the left and English on the right, this collection presents students with an easy way to build vocabulary and sample "literary" writing not found in regular textbooks.

Students should have at least an intermediary knowledge of Italian, in order to at least recognize the various past tenses employed.
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.Eleven Short Stories (Dual-Language Book)
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by: Luigi Pirandello

1994-09
The short stories are entertaining, and they cover Italian writers from Machiavelli to Pirandello.

But the reason I bought this book is to study Italian. With Italian on the left and English on the right, this collection presents students with an easy way to build vocabulary and sample "literary" writing not found in regular textbooks.

Students should have at least an intermediary knowledge of Italian, in order to at least recognize the various past tenses employed.
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.Italian Short Stories: Racconti In Italiano: Volume 1 (Penguin Parallel Text Series): 1
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from: Penguin Books Ltd

November 29, 1973
The short stories are entertaining, and they cover Italian writers from Machiavelli to Pirandello.

But the reason I bought this book is to study Italian. With Italian on the left and English on the right, this collection presents students with an easy way to build vocabulary and sample "literary" writing not found in regular textbooks.

Students should have at least an intermediary knowledge of Italian, in order to at least recognize the various past tenses employed.
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.The Abruzzo Trilogy: v. 1-3
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by: Ignazio Silone

February 10, 2003
Silone has to be rated as one of Italy's best writers. This thought provoking work of provincial Italy during the Facist regime provides a fascinating insight into Ordinary man of any Nationality.

Much of the work is based on a cut off backwater in the South of Italy, which is where a political activist hides disguised as a Priest.

The novel shows the creeping influence of Facism even on such a region, where the peasants are so uninvolved with politics that the still believe they are ruled by the King of Spain. The peasants only concern is Bread and Wine, as the local self important Civil servant discovers to his horror. His impolite exit from the village marks the area being incorrectly labelled a trouble spot by the Government. ... Read More:
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.Delicious
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by: Nicky Pellegrino

August 10, 2005
I really love this book. It's moving without being sentimal and the characters are so well drawn you feel you would recognise them if you bumped into them in the street. The only drawback I kept feeling hungry for a pasta dish!
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.CRIMINI: The Bitter Lemon Book of Italian Crime Fiction
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by: Giancarlo De Cataldo

January 10, 2008
This is an excellent introduction to contemporary Italian crime fiction containing a range of writers at the top of their form who have here produced short stories which are at once highly varied in approach and extremely powerful. The translator, Andrew Brown, has done a terrific job and I recommend this book wholeheartedly.
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