Help choose the April 2015 selection to read for the MR Literary Club! The poll will be open for three days and a discussion thread will begin shortly after a winner is chosen.
The vote is multiple choice. You may vote for as many or as few as you like. If you vote for the winner it is hoped that you will read the selection with the club and/or join in the discussion.
The rotating nominator (this month - paola) may not vote in the poll. In the event of a tie, there will be a one-day non-multiple-choice run-off poll where the rotating nominator again may not vote. If the run-off also ends in a tie then the tie will be resolved by the rotating nominator.
Select from the following Italian works:
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 Maintains (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