so here I go, taking you for a little trip to Italy!
In my selection I looked for books that were available in electronic format, that were hopefully a little less known, and (unashamedly selfishly) that I haven't read or that I read so long ago that reading with you it would still feel fresh. I also wanted to limit myself to ten titles, to make sure that the final selection gets a good run of votes. So here you have it:
The contemporaries (in alphabetical order):
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Silk (Seta),
Alessandro Baricco
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Three Horses (Tre cavalli),
Erri De Luca
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My Brilliant Friend (L'amica geniale),
Elena Ferrante
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Pereira Mantains (Sostiene Pereira),
Antonio Tabucchi
And the modern classics (in chronological order based on the author's birthdate):
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Zeno’s conscience (La coscienza di Zeno),
Italo Svevo
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Reeds in the wind (Canne al vento),
Grazia Deledda
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The tartar steppe (Il deserto dei tartari),
Dino Buzzati
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The Conformist (Il Confromista),
Alberto Moravia
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Family Chronicle (Cronaca familiare),
Vasco Pratolini
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The day of the Owl (Il giorno della Civetta),
Leonardo Sciascia