L'incredibile storia di Lavinia
10 best books like L'incredibile storia di Lavinia (Bianca Pitzorno): Il visconte dimezzato, I'm Not Scared, Agostino, Alexander: Child of a Dream, Memoirs of Hadrian, Six Characters in Search of an Author, My Name Is Mina, The Poison Apples, Cuentos por teléfono, The Story of a Seagull and the Cat Who Taught Her to Fly
| Author | Italo Calvino |
| ISBN | 8804370874 |
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Il narratore rievoca la storia dello zio, Medardo di Torralba, che, combattendo in Boemia contro i Turchi, è tagliato a metà da un colpo di cannone. Le due parti del corpo, perfettamente conservate, mostrano diversi caratteri:...
| Author | Niccolò Ammaniti |
| ISBN | 1400075637 |
In this immensely powerful, lyrical and skillfully narrated novel, set in southern Italy, nine year-old Michele discovers a secret so momentous, so terrible, that he daren’t tell anyone about it. Read an exclusive excerpt at BookBrowse today.
The hottest summer of the twentieth century....
| Author | Alberto Moravia |
| ISBN | 2080684426 |
Agostino, un adolescent de treize ans, passe de merveilleuses vacances sur une plage avec sa mère à qui il voue une passion aussi intense qu'innocente. La rencontre de celle-ci et d'un jeune homme auquel elle est loin d'être insensible met un terme brutal à ce parfait bonheur: Agostino découvre...
Alexander: Child of a Dream
| Author | Valerio Massimo Manfredi |
| ISBN | 0743434366 |
Before his birth, omens foretold that Alexander, son of the warrior-king Philip of Macedonia, was destined for greatness. From boyhood, the prince was trained by the finest scholars and mightiest soldiers to attain extraordinary strength of body and spirit. A descendant of Heracles and Achilles,...
| Author | Marguerite Yourcenar |
| ISBN | 0374529264 |
Both an exploration of character and a reflection on the meaning of history, Memoirs of Hadrian has received international acclaim since its first publication in France in 1951. In it, Marguerite Yourcenar reimagines the Emperor Hadrian's arduous boyhood, his triumphs and reversals, and finally,...
Six Characters in Search of an Author
| Author | Luigi Pirandello |
| ISBN | 0486299929 |
One of the major figures of modern theater, Luigi Pirandello (1867–1936) wrote dramas and satires that sparked controversy with their radical departures from conventional theatrical techniques. His most celebrated work, Six Characters in Search of an Author, embodies the Nobel Prize-winning...
| Author | David Almond |
| ISBN | 0340997257 |
There's an empty notebook lying on the table in the moonlight. It's been there for an age. I keep on saying that I'll write a journal. So I'll start right here, right now. I open the book and write the very first words: My name is Mina and I love the night. Then what shall I write? I can't just write that this happened...
| Author | Lily Archer |
| ISBN | 0312367627 |
We all know the stories of Cinderella, Snow White, and Rapunzel. But have you ever heard of Alice Bingley-Beckerman, Reena Paruchuri, or Molly Miller? Of course you haven’t. Not yet. What these girls have in common with their fairy tale sisters is this: they are the stepdaughters of three...
| Author | Gianni Rodari |
| ISBN | 8426155596 |
Érase una vez...
...una niña cuyo padre tenía que estar de viaje seis días a la semana. Esta niña no podía dormirse sin que le contaran un cuento. Y cada noche, su padre la llamaba por teléfono y le explicaba un cuento. Dicen que los cuentos eran tan buenos que hasta los operarios de la telefónica...
The Story of a Seagull and the Cat Who Taught Her to Fly
| Author | Luis Sepúlveda |
| ISBN | 0439401879 |
A cat. A seagull. An impossible task.
A worldwide bestseller and the subject of a feature film, THE STORY OF A SEAGULL... is finally out in paperback!
Her wings burdened by an oil slick, a seagull struggles to the nearest port to lay her final egg. Exhausted, she lands on a balcony where Zorba...
The Canterville Ghost and Other Stories
| Author | Oscar Wilde |
| ISBN | 0486419258 |
Renowned for his poetry, plays, essays, and conversational skills, Oscar Wilde also wrote scintillating works of short fiction. This volume includes four fine examples, including The Canterville Ghost, the comical tale of a spirit who terrorized the residents of Canterville Chase for three centuries....
Bianca come il latte, rossa come il sangue
| Author | Alessandro D'Avenia |
| ISBN | 8804595183 |
Leo ha sedici anni: ama le chiacchiere con gli amici, il calcetto, le scorribande in motorino e vive in perfetta simbiosi con il suo iPod. Le ore di scuola sono uno strazio, i professori “una specie protetta che speri si estingua definitivamente”.
Così, quando arriva un nuovo supplente di...
Dal 26 marzo 1938 si perdono le tracce, fra la partenza e l'arrivo in un viaggio per mare da Palermo a Napoli, del trentunenne fisico siciliano Ettore Majorana, che Fermi non esiterà a definire un genio, della statura di Galileo e di Newton. Suicidio, come gli inquirenti dell'epoca vogliono credere...
