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Un anno di libri 2021 – A Year of Books 2021
Quest’anno ho letto 5 libri (4 in italiano e 1 in inglese). Eccovi il riepilogo in ordine cronologico (cliccate sui titoli per leggere le recensioni): This year I have read 5 books (4 in Italian and 1 in English). Here … Continua a leggere
Pubblicato in books, English, italiano, libri
Contrassegnato Ayesha Dean - The Seville Secret, book reviews, Fiore di fulmine, Geronimo Stilton, Giù le zampe dal nostro mare, Il cuore selvatico del ginepro, La rinnegata, Melati Lum, recensioni libri, Valeria Usala, Vanessa Roggeri
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Ayesha Dean – The Seville Secret by Melati Lum (2019)
A challenging read with a lovely setting (but Spanish language, history and culture should have been better researched) This time, Ayesha Dean is traveling from Australia to Seville, Spain, but her travel companions are still the same of the first … Continua a leggere
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Contrassegnato action, adventure, Ayesha Dean, Ayesha Dean - The Seville Secret, Ayesha Dean – The Istanbul Intrigue, Córdoba, diary, Giralda Tower, investigation, Melati Lum, mistery, Moriscos, museum, necklace, secret, Seville, Seville Cathedral, Spain, Spanish history, The Istanbul Intrigue, The Seville Secret, tourism, travel, YA, young adult fiction
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Un anno di libri 2020 – A Year of Books 2020
Quest’anno ho letto 7 libri (6 in italiano e 1 in inglese). Eccovi il riepilogo in ordine cronologico (cliccate sui titoli per leggere le recensioni): This year I have read 7 books (6 in Italian and 1 in English). Here … Continua a leggere
Pubblicato in books, English, italiano, libri
Contrassegnato Antonio Manzini, book reviews, books, Cartaruga e Lumacarta, Cristian Mannu, Geronimo Stilton, giulio levi, Il tesoro della foresta oscura, libri letti, Maria di Isili, Nella Larsen, Ogni riferimento è puramente casuale, Operazione aria pulita, Quicksand, reading, recensioni libri, reviews, salviamo il mondo, Silvia Roncaglia
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Un anno di libri 2018 – A Year of Books 2018 – Un año de libros 2018
15 libri letti e recensiti (11 in italiano, 3 in inglese e 1 in spagnolo): 15 books read and reviewed (11 in Italian, 3 in English and 1 in Spanish): 15 libros leídos y reseñados (11 en italiano, 3 en … Continua a leggere
Pubblicato in books, English, español, italiano, libri, libros
Contrassegnato Beatrice Masini, Bellas mariposas, book reviews, Claudia Piñeiro, Corri Malik corri, Guido Gnone, Guido Sgardoli, Il cappotto della macellaia, Il mistero dipinto, la nuova dinastia, Las viudas de los jueves, Lilia Carlota Lorenzo, Luigi Garlando, Manuela Salvi, Mohammed Massoud Morsi, Naran e Oyuna, Nella Larsen, passing, recensioni, recensioni libri, reseñas, reseñas de libros, reviews, Roberto Piumini, Sarah Perry, Sergio Atzeni, silvana de mari, Storia di Codarotta, Talenti da fiaba, The Essex Serpent, Tim Bruno, Tre desideri molto smart, Un bullo... 100 libri!, Uno scambio fatale, Vanna Cercenà, What Is Past Is Dead
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What Is Past Is Dead by Mohammed Massoud Morsi
Mohammed has just arrived in Egypt from Denmark. He’s Egyptian like his friends Mido and Ahmed, but he speaks and looks like a foreigner. The three of them travel through the desert at night to sell hashish to some Israeli … Continua a leggere
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Contrassegnato death, desert, Egypt, Egyptian expat, Egyptians, friendship, giveaway, illicit activities, Israel, Israeli soldiers, Mohammed Massoud Morsi, Palestine, Palestinians, Second Intifada, Sinai desert, violence, What Is Past Is Dead
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Passing by Nella Larsen
Passing (1929) is set in the 1920s and portrays the lives of two women: Clare, who pretends to be fully white and doesn’t reveal her heritage to her racist husband and their daughter Margery, and Irene who passes occasionally. Irene … Continua a leggere
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Contrassegnato 1920s, black ancestry, Clare Kendry, discrimination, Gertrude, Harlem, Irene, light-skinned African Americans, mixed race, Mr. Bellew, Nella Larsen, New York, one-drop rule, passing, racial identity, racism, United States
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The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry
The Essex Serpent (2016) is the second book written by Sarah Perry. This British author was born in Essex in 1979, grew up in a strict Baptist family and has a PhD in creative writing. Her first novel was published … Continua a leggere
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Contrassegnato 19th century, British literature, consumption, Cora, Cora Seaborne, Dr Garrett, Essex, historical novel, infidelity, Martha, Reverend Ransome, Sarah Perry, Spencer, Stella, The Essex Serpent, Victorian Age, Will
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A Portal in Space by Mahmoud Saeed
A Portal in Space by Mahmoud Saeed was published in Arabic in 2012 and in English in 2015. The novel is mainly set in Basra, a port city in southern Iraq and in Baghdad, the country’s capital, while the events … Continua a leggere
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Contrassegnato 1980s, A Portal in Space, Baghdad, Basra, bombings, family life, Iran-Iraq war, Iraq, Iraqi upper class, Mahmoud Saeed, unfaithful love, war
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