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MaureenMc
Forbidden Notebook | Alba de Cspedes
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I haven‘t posted a #BookOutlet haul in a while. 😁 The top few are (mainly) for my 12 year-old, although I may read some of them before she gets around to it.

Cathythoughts Lovely stack 👏🏻❤️ 5d
LeahBergen Nice! 👏👏 5d
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Anna40
The Secret of Luca | Ignazio Silone
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An old man appears in a small town in Abruzzo after WW2.The older locals identify him as Luca who has returned after serving a life sentence in prison for a murder he didn‘t commit.Andrea,a young communist & son of Luca‘s friend, is determined to find out why Luca held on to a secret although revealing it could‘ve set him free.I loved the writing & the way the story is told but found the overall theme - power of love- a bit cheesy.

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DimeryRene
The Dry Heart | Natalia Ginzburg
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10/10! I loved this book. Quiet marriage and quiet rage. No wonder women are angry. 🔫

23 likes1 stack add
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GatheringBooks
The Beautiful Summer | Cesare Pavese
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#ItTakesAllKinds Day 11: First #Love featured prominently in this coming-of-age novel. Paired today with this oro verde (or pistacchio di bronte caffé | panna montata granella di pistacchio) which is sorcery of a different kind. To be taken with the shot of sparkling water ostensibly “to clean the mouth” as the waitress explained. Palate cleanser. Manna for the gods. When in Bologna. ? Husband had a spritz campari. ?

Eggs Yummmy 😋 2w
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Beautiful 😍 2w
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GatheringBooks
The Beautiful Summer | Cesare Pavese
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#ItTakesAllKinds Day 10: Difficult to talk #AboutMarriage when one is deep into the vagaries of summer romance and lost innocence and first loves. My Italian read while in Bologna and munching on cold cuts and tigelle.

BarbaraBB Loved this book. And your food looks delicious 😋 3w
marleed That looks so good! 3w
Bklover That‘s so exciting!! (I mean that you‘re in Bologna!) Though the food looks yummy too! (edited) 2w
Eggs Well played! 2w
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Graywacke
Arturo's Island | Elsa Morante
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The book is a gem. The reader, who waited years to read this, was not so great. Arturo roams an island in the Bay of Naples freely with his dog. He never knew his mother, and imagines his largely absent father off on important adventures. Then his father brings home a wife from Naples two years older than Arturo. And Arturo‘s romantic thoughts and puberty clash, bringing an end to his Eden. Language is gorgeous. Too bad I couldn‘t settle in.

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FedeLumachi
Il fu Mattia Pascal | Luigi Pirandello
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Bello bello

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FedeLumachi
Da molto lontano | Roberto Costantini
Mehso-so

Non mi ricordo nulla, non deve essere stato uno di quei libri che lasciano il segno.

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masticocarta
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Una storia dove poter rifugiarsi dalla rabbia e lo sconforto adolescenziale. Il nom sentirsi capiti diventa legittimo e tutte le difficoltà sfumano in un amore semplice e intenso che prende il sole in un prato mentre intreccia denti di leone e margherite

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bcncookbookclub
La Apuesta de Casanova | Orazio Bagnasco
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El Banquete, de Orazio Bagnasco.

I've just started to read, but the synopsis* promises a great history...
The author has a deep knowledge of ancient gastronomy and a big cookbook collection's, almost five thousand books!

*Murders, intrigues, passions, and power struggles are woven around the wedding party that, to celebrate the lavish banquet that will crown the wedding between Gian Galeazzo Sforza and Isabella of Aragon.

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