hi! 5 and 9 for the book discussion asks? ✨
Hi, thank you for the ask 🌟
5) A book you love that it seems like no one else has read.
Oh, thank you for asking me this! It's definitely The Last Cato by Matilde Asensi, it's one of my absolute favourites (I think you could tell by the fact I've already mentioned it twice in these asks) and it's an absolute delight to read. Historical fiction? Romance? Plot twists? History/Philology nerds? Murder mystery? Strong character development? First person narrator with a lot of exhilarating self-irony? This book has it all!! Go read it and then come back with your opinions y'all!!
9) A book that you found yourself thinking about a long time after you finished it.
It's probably Johnny the Partisan by Beppe Fenoglio (here and here are some of my posts with it). The writing is spectacular, and the seamless alternation of English and Italian completely caught me off guard at first, and kept me hooked right after – though this is an aspect that would probably get lost in translation. I love war writers and poets, and this book allowed me to have a new, more comprehensive view of Italy during late IIWW.
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