Others: Positive The story of Richard Cantwell, a war-ravaged American colonel stationed in Italy at the close of the Second World War, and his love for a young Italian countess.
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Federico De Roberto
1894 · 627 pages · 1 review
Others: PositiveThe Viceroys was originally published in Italy in 1894, but didn't appear in English until 1962, 35 years after de Roberto's death. It also offers some fascinating bits of Italian history as it tells the tale of three generations of amoral Sicilian aristocrats, rapaciopus, ruthless, and intriguing, who struggle to retain their power in the changing world beyond their palace.
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Paolo Cognetti
2018 · 303 pages · 1 review
Others: Positive"Two young Italian boys from different backgrounds form an incredibly strong connection when Pietro's family is on vacation in the mountains of northeastern Italy where Bruno lives. Over the years, they come to find the true meaning of friendship and camaraderie, even as their divergent paths in life test the strength and meaning of their connection"--
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E. M. Forster
1920 · 148 pages · 0 reviews
Where Angels Fear to Tread (1905) follows two women to Italy: the widowed Lilia Herriton and her traveling companion Caroline Abbott. Lilia falls passionately in love with the country, and also with a young Italian man. Her decision to remain in Italy enrages her dead husband's family, who send her brother-in-law to fetch her back.
Ignazio Silone
1933 · 192 pages · 0 reviews
Fiction based on the history of Italy; covers period: 1922-1945.
Umberto Eco
2000 · 527 pages · 2 reviews
Others: PositiveBorn a simple peasant in northern Italy, Baudolino narrates the story of his life, from his adoption by Emperor Frederick Barbarossa and his education in Paris to his arrival in Constantinople during the turmoil of the Fourth Crusade.
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Jessica Lawson
2015 · 316 pages · 1 review
Others: PositiveEleven-year-old Tabitha Crum, whose parents were just about to abandon her, is invited to the country estate of a wealthy countess along with five other children and told that one of them will become her heir.
Loved itA sort of minor Hemingway novel across the river and into the trees which I like very much it's anyways Venice novel is he set almost entirely in Venice. I think it's a small probably underestimated masterpiece its portrayal of Venice is beautiful.
