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I narrowed it down to four: Aracoeli by Elsa Morante, The Aeneid, Ada by Nabokov, and The African by J-M G Le Clézio. I went with Aracoeli because it has no other posts.

This is a bitterly sad but beautifully written later novel by Morante. My response to the writing has stayed with me, even if most of the story hasn‘t.

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#FirstLineFridays

I love First Line Fridays so much that I‘m just randomly pulling books off my Kindle or my bookshelf to sample them here. So no, this is not a book I‘m reading at the moment – that opening line sure gets my attention, though!

And for the avoidance of doubt, the word 'Settled' is indeed capitalized in the original.

I‘ve never read a mystery novel quite like this one (that‘s really saying something!). Set in a post-war Italian village, this mystery about a missing wife literally digs up some interesting evidence. I really liked the surprising gore that surfaces near the end! Signora Giulia‘s ghost will haunt me for some time. 👻 💎 🪓 ✉️

#AnglophileApril Day 25: #DontGoBreakingMyHeart reminded me of this strange Italian novel about a young bride left on her own. There is a cohesion somewhere in the end that provided some comprehensibility, but that is not, I suppose what the novel aimed to do anyway. If you are into beautiful strangenesses with a taste of magical realism, the absurd mixed in with the profound, then this book might speak to you. My review: https://wp.me/pDlzr-fDG

This book has come in handy for the photo challenges I am participating in. It worked well for yellow in an Instagram rainbow challenge and today it is perfect for #butterflies in #literaryluck!

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Yellow books for a rainbow photo challenge on Instagram hosted by Jennsbookvibes. 💛

Wow, what an odd, compelling book this was. I rate basically everything I read a pick, but I truly can‘t imagine recommending this to anyone (though it was rec‘d to me by an old college roommate). Features a bizarre third-person narrative that frequently and seamlessly shifts to first-person as many different characters including the author himself, a heaping dose of magical realism, and artful depiction of courtship, seduction, and love.