#italianlit

[moonofiron]

–Guiseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa, The Siren

[booklyreads]

"You are about to begin reading Italo Calvino's new novel If on a Winter's Night a Traveler. Relax. Concentrate. Dispel every other thought. Let the world around you fade." #instabook #bookstagram #literary #literaryfiction #fiction #bookaddict #book #booksofinstagram #bookworm #booklove #italianlit #italocalvino #intranslation

[booklyreads]

I hope I get to this soon. I think it was given to me in 2014... #umbertoeco #bookstagram #instabook #thenameoftherose #italianlit #intranslation

[booklyreads]

I've been in the mood for books about WW2. This one is translated from Italian. #europa #instabook #intranslation #italianlit #lialevi #literaryfiction #bookstagram #ww2 #historicalfiction

[theadelphiproject]

The cover for #647, Sciascia’s Fine del carbinieri a cavallo, is by Alberto Savinio, called Atlantide, from 1930-31. It feels like Loch Ness Lego, to me. 

It's in a private collection, which makes this even more interesting. Whose, Mr Calasso? Whose collection? Alberto Savinio is also an author published by Adelphi, in the Biblioteca and the Piccola series, among others. 23 books, to date. He composed operas. He painted. (De Chirico is his brother.)

Who was this man? I'll get to that later, in my growing social graphs, he is a fascinating center of many nets. Actually, I should map him on my wall, it’s such a lovely image. 

[miss-mollyjane]

Mind blown 🙌🇮🇹 #postmodern #metafiction #Calvino #ItalianLit