In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
In the last few years I've greatly enjoyed the giallo genre written or translated into English. I'll offer a few authors Michael Dibdin, Donna Leon, Magdalen Nabb and Andrea Camilleri (in translation).
Tim Parks has written some fine things too. I'm not a football fan but I found 'A YEAR WITH VERONA' fascinating.
Now as to more classical fiction I will think that over further.
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
The Wings of the Dove - Henry James
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
There may be some useful hints here:
[url]http://www.italymag.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=616&highlight=reading[/url]
Loads of them here
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 12/01/2005 - 06:40In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
[url]http://italian-mysteries.com/[/url]
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
[QUOTE=Girasole][url]http://italian-mysteries.com/[/url][/QUOTE]
I would like to propose a new category for this forum - films and books - we could have several threads:
Italian films
Non Italian films about (or filmed in) Italy
Italian books in Italian
Italian books translated into English
Non Italian books set in Italy
Travel books about Italy
Online book/film club
If anyone agrees with me then please petition Ronald and Sano.
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
Ciao Ivan,
books which we have thoroughly enjoyed are :
Love & War in the Appenines (?) by Eric Newby -especially as you can follow his trek on your map.
Italian Nighbours by Tim Parks
An Italian Education, also by Tim Parks.
Will list you a few films when a relative thread begins!
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
The City of Falling Angels - John Berendt
Bookclub etc!
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 12/01/2005 - 14:29In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
Sdoj maybe you have not noticed but Kim and David of Tuscanhills have already introduced a bookclub [url]www.vitabookclub.com[/url] which has introduced some of the points you mention.
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
[QUOTE=Cassini]In the last few years I've greatly enjoyed the giallo genre written or translated into English. I'll offer a few authors Michael Dibdin, Donna Leon, Magdalen Nabb and Andrea Camilleri (in translation).
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This really intrigues me.
Did you red Montalbano's stories?
They're written in an amazing melting pot of italian and sicilian in a language that is very musical, this is half of the novels' beauty, so I wonder how it sounds translated in english.
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
[QUOTE=DavidandLinda]Sdoj maybe you have not noticed but Kim and David of Tuscanhills have already introduced a bookclub [url]www.vitabookclub.com[/url] which has introduced some of the points you mention.[/QUOTE]
Ooooh, blimey, yes.......... forgot about that!
Come join (please!) ;)
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
I have to 'second' the vote for Don Camillo............... I had to resort to eBay for mine, but worth the hassle!
[QUOTE=Ivan]Having just started to re-read Ernest Hemingway's "A Farewell to Arms" with its vivid evocation of war on the Alpine slopes I started to muse whether it would be possible to draw up a top 20, say, of works written in English with an Italian setting either in the foreground or background or wherever!!
My other recommendation would be E.M.Forster's "A Room with a View".
Any other suggestions?
Ivan.[/QUOTE]
What about Shakespeare ?
Romeo and Juliet, The Merchant of Venice and at least ten more tragedies or comedies....