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  • The Conservatory of Santa Teresa

    by Romano Bilenchi, Klopp, Charles; Nelson, Melinda (transleted by) ...
    Series Book 143 - Studi e saggi
    This volume is the first translation of Romano Bilenchi’s 1940 masterpiece to appear in English. This is surprising since The Conservatory of Santa Teresa is much more than an invaluable historical document of life in provincial Tuscany around the time of the First World War. It is truly one of the most important works of fiction published in Italy under Fascism. In telling of the pre-adolescent ... Read more

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  • Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay

    by Elena Ferrante ...
    Translated by Ann Goldstein ...
    Series Book 3 - Neapolitan Novels
    Part of the bestselling saga about childhood friends following different paths by "one of the great novelists of our time" ( The New York Times).In the third book in the New York Times–bestselling Neapolitan quartet that inspired the HBO series My Brilliant Friend, Elena and Lila have grown into womanhood. Lila married at sixteen and has a young son; she has left her husband and the comforts her ... Read more

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  • The Neapolitan Novels Boxed Set

    by Elena Ferrante ...
    Translated by Ann Goldstein ...
    Series series Neapolitan Novels
    In one volume, the New York Times–bestselling epic about hardship and female friendship in postwar Naples that has sold over five million copies.Beginning with My Brilliant Friend, the four Neapolitan Novels by Elena Ferrante follow Elena and Lila, from their rough-edged upbringing in Naples, Italy, not long after WWII, through the many stages of their lives—and along paths that diverge wildly. ... Read more

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  • Raffaele: Taming His Tempestuous Virgin

    by Sandra Marton ...
    Series series Orsini Brides
    First in the series featuring the darkly handsome, proud, and arrogant Orsini brothers—the perfect Sicilian husbands—from the USA Today–bestselling author.Raffaele Orsini doesn't want a wife . . .But when he meets his arranged bride, Raffaele feels honor bound to marry her. She's not what he was expecting . . . but her dowdy clothes can't hide her lusciously feminine figure or her wildcat ... Read more

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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

    $9.99 USD

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  • It Takes a Villa

    by Kilby Blades ...
    For the reasonable price of $1, Natalie Malone just bought herself an abandoned villa on the Amalfi Coast. With a detailed spreadsheet and an ancient key, she’s arrived in Italy ready to renovate—with only six months to do it. Which seemed reasonable, until architect Pietro Indelicato begins critically watching her every move…From the sweeping ocean views to the scent of the lemon trees, there’s ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

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  • Nonna Maria and the Case of the Missing Bride

    A Novel

    by Lorenzo Carcaterra ...
    When a crime on a beautiful Italian island stumps the police, locals turn to the trusted elderly widow Nonna Maria in this transporting mystery from #1 New York Times bestselling author Lorenzo Carcaterra, “one of the all-time greats” (Jeffery Deaver).“An utterly delightful tale starring one of the most charming amateur sleuths ever created.”—Tess Gerritsen, New York Times bestselling author of ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

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  • The Day of the Dead

    The Autumn of Comissario Ricciardi

    by Maurizio de Giovanni ...
    Translated by Antony Shugaar ...
    Series Book 4 - The Commissario Ricciardi Mysteries
    The fourth Commissario Ricciardi historical mystery—following Everyone in Their Place—is "a superb novel for fans of Italian noir" ( Library Journal, starred review).Commissario Ricciardi has visions. He sees and hears the final moments in the lives of those who have suffered violent deaths. It may be a talent or it may be a curse, but it has helped him become one of the most successful homicide ... Read more

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  • My Name Is Maria Isabel

    by Alma Flor Ada ...
    Illustrated by K. Dyble Thompson ...
    A third grader realizes the importance of her name in this classic story of heritage and self-identity.For María Isabel Salazar López, the hardest thing about being the new girl in school is that the teacher doesn't call her by her real name. "We already have two Marías in this class," says her teacher. "Why don't we call you Mary instead?"But María Isabel has been named for her Papá's mother and ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Meeting in Positano

    A Novel

    by Goliarda Sapienza ...
    Translated by Brian Robert Moore ...
    **BUSTLE BEST BOOK OF THE WEEK PICKNAMED A BOOKSHOP.ORG RECOMMENDED READING OF THE SEASONIn this charming, deeply atmospheric novel set against the Amalfi Coast of the 1950s, two women form an intense and lasting friendship that embodies the paradoxes of Italian society.**Inspired by her own adventurous, unconventional life, actress and writer Goliarda Sapienza’s recently rediscovered novel takes ... Read more

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  • Up in Flames (Infinity Ring Secrets #6)

    by E. W. Clarke ...
    Series Book 6 - Infinity Ring Secrets
    Secret adventures from the world of Infinity Ring. Only in e-book! Only 99 cents!Mario is a beggar on the streets of Florence whose life is changed forever the day he is painted by a great artist. Suddenly Mario is swept up in a world of intrigue, wealth . . . and murder. Will he survive the firestorm that is coming for Florence's great works of art?INFINITY RING SECRETS is a series of stand-alone ... Read more

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  • The Street Kids

    by Pier Paolo Pasolini ...
    Translated by Ann Goldstein ...
    The "provocative" novel about hard-living teenagers in poverty-stricken postwar Rome, by the renowned Italian filmmaker ( The New York Times).Set during the post–World War II years in the Rome of the borgate—outlying neighborhoods beset by poverty and deprivation— The Street Kids tells the story of a group of adolescents belonging to the urban underclass. Living hand-to-mouth, Riccetto and his ... Read more

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