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Carole Martinez
The Threads of the Heart
The Threads of the Heart possesses the lyric beauty of a prose poem and the narrative power of myth -
Fabio Bartolomei
Alfa Romeo 1300 and Other Miracles
A “miraculous” Italian comedy that will delight and surprise readers, Alfa Romeo 1300 and Other Miracles marks Fabio Bartolomei’s vivid debut -
Alessandro Barbero
The Eyes of Venice
“Unexpected twists and remarkable encounters, good guys and bad guys, love and adventure, all in the best tradition of dramatic storytelling. With one extra ingredient: intelligent—it might be more accurate to say ‘perfect’—reconstruction of the historical setting.”— Corriere della... -
Flavia Company
The Island of Last Truth
The Island of Last Truth is part adventure story, part noir, and party mystery. Company has written a great page-turner that, like many novels belonging to the adventure genre, doesn’t shy away from incisive observations about the nature of human relations -
Tonino Benacquista
The Thursday Night Men
In The Thursday Night Men, Benacquista gives his readers a variety of unexpected and amusing perspectives on romance, the relationship between the sexes, and friendship between men -
Elena Ferrante
My Brilliant Friend
A modern masterpiece from one of Italy’s most acclaimed authors, My Brilliant Friend is a rich, intense, and generous-hearted story about two friends, Elena and Lila -
Elena Ferrante
The Lost Daughter
From the author of The Days of Abandonment and Troubling Love, comes a riveting story of loss, motherhood, home, and womanhood -
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Lorenzo Mediano
The Frost on his Shoulders
With echoes of timeless fairy tales and Shakespearean tragedy, masterfully told, The Frost on his Shoulders is a moving and captivating account of the power of human emotions, and also an allegorical depiction of Spain on the eve of the Civil War -
Seth Greenland
The Angry Buddhist
This is the perfect combination of people and place for Seth Greenland, one of America’s finest satirists. The Angry Buddhist swirls together the character-derived humor of an Elmore Leonard tale with the clear-eyed suspense of a James M. Cain noir. It convincingly explores mendacity in its...