On Saturday, I went round the bookshops looking for Fontamara, which I had planned on reading and was on my #10BeforeTheEnd list. Didn't find it, but bought other books anyway 😊. And all my library holds came at once, so here's my pile of books:
- Tagged Italian cookbook: read, liked it;
- Graphic work by Zerocalcare: read liked it;
- Ibn Khaldun anthology: 60 pages still to read;
- Boccace's Decameron: will probably be a year-long read;
and ⬇
I was looking for something from Zerocalcare set in #Italy for #FoodandLit and stumbled on the tagged book, about the democratic Yezidi self-governing enclave of Sinjar/Shengal in #Iraq, and couldn't pass it up. It's one of those places we hardly ever hear about. All you expect from Zerocalcare: self-reflective, left-wing, informative and depressing, with a glint of tempered hope.
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Finally posting my November stats
Eight books read last month, four were chunksters: two with 500+ pages and two with 400+ pages! Litsy challenges:
Curiosity Shop for #whattheDickens
Democracy for #authoramonth
Happy Isles for #Samoa and the remaining 5 for #Algeria for #foodandlit
This book is close to pointless, & its translation is puzzling in places. There are generic remarks about Italian medieval & Renaissance cookbooks & aristocratic food culture, a few pages about Da Vinci, whose links with food & banquets are actually tenuous, & some recipes in the original Italian, with unclear French translations.
#Italy #FoodandLit
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Revenge, served 32 years later, was very cold indeed!!
#Italy #Jubilee #foodandlit @Catsandbooks
- Une fleur qui ne fleurit pas by Maria Messina, an Edwardian woman writer (not in the database) - one for #FoodAndLit #Italy;
- Salamalecs by Jesuthasan Antonythasan (not in the database);
- L'ultime humiliation by Rhéa Galanaki (not in the database). 13h