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La pelle
La pelle: storia e racconto | Curzio Malaparte
5 posts | 5 read | 4 to read
Beeld van de ontreddering van het Italiaanse volk na de Amerikaanse invasie in 1943.
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shawnmooney
The Skin | Curzio Malaparte
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Bailedbailed

This opening scene of this novel about the American liberation of Naples in WW2 stunned and excited me, but I abandoned it on page 30 after suffering through 5 or so pages of what was perhaps intended to be a comic scene of crafty Neapolitans buying and selling black American soldiers like slaves, and then another 2 or 3 pages intent on describing how physically repulsive the female dwarfs residing on a certain street are. I'm out.

batsy That sounds awful 8y
Cinfhen 😳😤😖 8y
DivineDiana Thank you for the warning! I agree with your decision. 👎🏻 8y
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shawnmooney
The Skin | Curzio Malaparte
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OK, should things continue thusly, this one's a keeper! 💜

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shawnmooney
The Skin | Curzio Malaparte
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I bailed on "Solar Bones" today, so next on my list of body-part-titled books for the Eclectic Readers podcast Mad Libs Challenge is this one – here I go…

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shawnmooney
Skin | Curzio Malaparte
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USED BOOKSTORE HAUL

I know absolutely nothing about this novel or its author, but I can never pass up a NYRB edition for $5!

josie281 You have inspired me to go thrifting today! 8y
shawnmooney @josie281 Have fun! I hope you're going to post your haul too? :-) 8y
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