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  • 100 Poems

    Translated by Patrick Worsnip ...
    by Umberto Saba ...
    A timeless collection of Umberto Saba's most poignant poems, translated with masterful precision.100 Poems offers a window into the soul of Trieste through the verse of Umberto Saba, one of Italy's greatest poets. This anthology explores universal themes of love, loss, and the human condition, capturing the essence of Saba's unique voice and perspective.Patrick Worsnip's translations bring Saba's ... Read more

    $16.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Ernesto

    by Umberto Saba ...
    Translated by Estelle Gilson ...
    Series series NYRB Classics
    A coming of age story that is a classic of gay literature, now in English for the first timeAn NYRB Classics OriginalErnesto is a classic of gay literature, a tender and complex tale of sexual awakening by one of Italy’s most admired poets. Ernesto is a sixteen-year-old boy from an educated family who lives with his mother in Trieste. His mother is eager for him to get ahead and has asked a local ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Umberto Saba: The Collection of Poems. Umberto Saba's Poetry Translated In English

    by Alessandro Baruffi, Umberto Saba ...
    Today, Umberto Saba (pseudonym of Umberto Poli, 1883–1957) is widely recognized as one of the most prominent European poets of the 20th century. His verses, tinged with melancholy and filled with compassion for the world's misery, are expressed in a language characterized by a sophisticated simplicity: light and rich of everyday words, yet musical and profound in poetic effect.This editon contains ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Family Lexicon

    by Natalia Ginzburg, Peg Boyers ...
    Translated by Jenny McPhee ...
    A close-knit family resists the rise of fascism in Mussolini’s Italy in this WW2 historical fiction classic that blends family memoir with fiction—one of the most famous European post-war novels of all time.“A glowing light of Italian literature.” —The New York Times“Life-changingly good.” —ElleAn Italian family, sizable, with its routines and rituals, crazes, pet phrases, and stories, doubtful, ... Read more

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  • The Forgery of Venus

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    by Michael Gruber ...
    A brilliant but frustrated painter is drawn into an elaborate forgery scheme as he slips into the life of a seventeenth century master in this acclaimed novel.Chaz Wilmot makes his living cranking out old-master parodies for ads and magazine covers. When he's offered a job restoring a Venetian palace fresco, he's skeptical to say the least—the job seems to be more forgery than restoration. But ... Read more

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  • Portrait of an Unknown Lady

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    by Maria Gainza ...
    Translated by Thomas Bunstead ...
    A New York Times Book Review Editors' ChoiceNew York Times Notable author María Gainza, who dazzled critics with Optic Nerve, returns with the captivating story of an auction house employee on the trail of an enigmatic master forgerIn the Buenos Aires art world, a master forger has achieved legendary status. Rumored to be a woman, she specializes in canvases by the painter Mariette Lydis, a ... Read more

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    by giacomo giammatteo ...
    Series Book 2 - Blood Flows South
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    by Goldmine Reads ...
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  • Pinocchio

    Translated by Geoffrey Brock ...
    by Carlo Collodi ...
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    by Eric Shanes ...
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    by Julio Cortázar ...
    Series series Everyman's Library Contemporary Classics Series
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