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10 best books like The Conformist (Alberto Moravia): The Garden of the Finzi-Continis, Christ Stopped at Eboli: The Story of a Year, Fontamara, To Each His Own, Reeds in the Wind, Mephisto, As a Man Grows Older, The Florios of Sicily, Mussolini ha fatto anche cose buone: Le idiozie che continuano a circolare sul fascismo, Sauveur & Fils Saison 1

The Garden of the Finzi-Continis
AuthorGiorgio Bassani
ISBN1400044227
Giorgio Bassani's acclaimed novel of unrequited love and the plight of the Italian Jews on the brink of World War II has become a classic of modern Italian literature.
Made into an Academy Award winning film in 1970, "The Garden of the Finzi Continis "is a richly evocative and nostalgic depiction...
Christ Stopped at Eboli: The Story of a Year
AuthorCarlo Levi
ISBN0374530092
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...
Fontamara
AuthorIgnazio Silone
ISBN3462025996
Fontamara fu pubblicato a Zurigo nel 1933. Ambientato in un paesino abruzzese, Fontamara appunto, racconta l'eterno conflitto tra "cafoni" e "cittadini", reso ancora più drammatico dall'avvento del fascismo. I contadini e i braccianti, rassegnati ormai e quasi assuefatti a subire senza reagire...
To Each His Own
AuthorLeonardo Sciascia
ISBN0940322528
This letter is your death sentence. To avenge what you have done you will die. But what has Manno the pharmacist done? Nothing that he can think of. The next day he and his hunting companion are both dead. The police investigation is inconclusive. However, a modest high school teacher with a literary bent...
Reeds in the Wind
AuthorGrazia Deledda
ISBN0934977631
The rugged landscape of Baronia on Sardinia sets the scene for this novel of crime, guilt, and retribution. Deledda presents the story of the Pintor sisters - from a family of noble landowners now in decline - their nephew Giacinto, and their servant Efix, who is trying to make up for a mysterious sin committed...
Mephisto
AuthorKlaus Mann
ISBN0140189181
Klaus Mann - Thomas Mann’s son - wrote MEPHISTO while living in exile from the Germany of World War II. In it he captures the Isherwood-like atmosphere of Nazi Germany while telling a satiric story about the rise to power of one man - a thinly veiled caricature of his own brother-in-law. The man is Hendrik...
As a Man Grows Older
AuthorItalo Svevo
ISBN0940322846
Not so long ago Emilio Brentani was a promising young author. Now he is an insurance agent on the fast track to forty. He gains a new lease on life, though, when he falls for the young and gorgeous Angiolina-except that his angel just happens to be an unapologetic cheat. But what begins as a comedy of infatuated...
The Florios of Sicily
AuthorStefania Auci
ISBN0062931679
A grand, sweeping international bestseller that captures the many lives of Italy's most notorious family, the Florios, from their humble origins as impoverished shopkeepers to becoming the uncrowned kings of Sicily.


Vincenzo, who lost his father at eight, builds an empire...
Mussolini ha fatto anche cose buone: Le idiozie che continuano a circolare sul fascismo
AuthorFrancesco Filippi
Dopo oltre settant’anni dalla caduta del fascismo, mai come ora l’idra risolleva la testa, soprattutto su Internet, ma non solo. Frasi ripetute a mo’ di barzelletta per anni, che parevano innocue e risibili fino a non molto tempo fa, si stanno sempre più facendo largo in Italia con tutt’altro...
Sauveur & Fils Saison 1
AuthorMarie-Aude Murail
Quand on s'appelle Sauveur, comment ne pas se sentir prédisposé à sauver le monde entier ? Sauveur Saint-Yves, 1,90 m pour 80 kg de muscles, voudrait tirer d'affaire Margaux Carré, 14 ans, qui se taillade les bras, Ella Kuypens, 12 ans, qui s'évanouit de frayeur devant sa prof de latin, Cyrille...
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