Naples '44: A World War II Diary of Occupied Italy

6 best books like Naples '44: A World War II Diary of Occupied Italy (Norman Lewis): Christ Stopped at Eboli: The Story of a Year, Trieste and The Meaning of Nowhere, A Kestrel for a Knave, Naples Declared, Fugitives and Refugees: A Walk in Portland, Oregon, The Lady and the Little Fox Fur

Christ Stopped at Eboli: The Story of a Year

Author	Carlo Levi
ISBN	0374530092

It was to Lucania, a desolate land in southern Italy, that Carlo Levi—a doctor, painter, philosopher, and man of letters—was confined as a political prisoner because of his opposition to Italy's Fascist government at the start of the Ethiopian war in 1935. While there, Levi reflected on the harsh...

Trieste and The Meaning of Nowhere

Author	Jan Morris
ISBN	0306811804

Here's a book for lovers of all things Italian. This city on the Adriatic has always tantalized Jan Morris with its moodiness and changeability. After visiting Trieste for more than half a century, she has come to see it as a touchstone for her interests and preoccupations: cities, seas, empires. It...

A Kestrel for a Knave

Author	Barry Hines
ISBN	0141184981

Life is tough and cheerless for Billy Casper, a troubled teenager growing up in the small Yorkshire mining town of Barnsley. Treated as a failure at school, and unhappy at home, Billy discovers a new passion in life when he finds Kes, a kestrel hawk. Billy identifies with her silent strength and she inspires...

Naples Declared

Author	Benjamin Taylor
ISBN	0399159177

It is a city of seemingly irreconcilable opposites, simultaneously glorious and ghastly. And it is Ben Taylor’s remarkable ability to meld these contradictions into a whole that makes this the exciting and original book it is. He takes his stroll around the bay with the acute sensitivity of a lover,...

Fugitives and Refugees: A Walk in Portland, Oregon

Author	Chuck Palahniuk
ISBN	1400047838

Want to know where Chuck Palahniuk's tonsils currently reside?
Been looking for a naked mannequin to hide in your kitchen cabinets?
Curious about Chuck's debut in an MTV music video?
What goes on at the Scum Center?
How do you get to the Apocalypse Café?

In the closest thing...

The Lady and the Little Fox Fur

Author	Violette Leduc
ISBN	0720612179

I am on the side of light hearts and light wallets; look over here, you too can be made of light. I never gave anything away, I deserve to be where I am.

Eleanor Rigby versus the Piano Man. The old man in Home Alone versus the bird lady in Home Alone 2. There is sentiment without being sentimental. To...