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Day 2 at Dialoghi di Pistoia.. it's going to be a busy day!!! 🥰

Yoga di Carrère. Il mio primo post su Litsy, popoleremo questo social di italiani. Facciamoci sentire.
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Yoga by Carrère. My first post on Litsy, there‘ll be a lot of Italians there. Let‘s make some noise!
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#InternationalBooker2024 Book 1

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I think I made the mistake of kicking off my Booker reading with the longest book on the list. Not only is it long but it is really slow being character not action driven.

I liked the idea of exploring memories by examining your own childhood through the memories and stories of your father I never felt connected to any character and there wasn‘t anyone I actually liked.

Do artists have the right 2b selfish

There‘s currently a kindle deal on this book (set in Naples during WWII) if anyone is interested? It‘s on the International Booker Prize longlist even though I said I wasn‘t going to look at any more longlists and I certainly wasn‘t going to buy any more. 🤦‍♀️ 😂 #internationalbooker

This was an interesting book because I found myself caring slightly less about the main storyline (unwed South Tyroleon mother in Italy in the 1950-1970s) and more about the history of this now mostly autonomous region. South Tyrol is on the border with Austria and is primarily German speaking and got caught in events of WW1 and WW2 and Italian nationalism. A fascinating part of history that I knew little about. #europacollective

Time to make my 🎄feast grocery list!

Sans the roast beast. Can you imagine the price this year??? 🤣

Sometimes you go to the used bookstore and hit the jackpot. Snagged all these Europa editions this weekend plus a mint condition/brand new Penguin Clothbound edition of The Picture of Dorian Gray. Merry Christmas to me!

#europacollective

#whartonbuddyread - Italian Backgrounds - 2nd half

Well. Your Italian tour has completed. Please grab your personal items, check for anything you may have dropped while napping, and take a stop in our little discussion store here before exiting. (Maybe i‘ve spent too much time on ✈️s recently?) Anything standout for you? Should we go back to novels after the holidays? (Next could be The Mother‘s Recompense)

This is my first attempt at Wharton's nonfiction. I am dazzled by the ease with which she synthesises myriad references to art & architecture. Her depth of knowledge is remarkable. People reveal themselves when they travel, but especially so when they write about it, & as such there's a glimpse of her snobbery. There were times when it felt like the references overcrowded her prose. Her formal descriptive powers in her novels are the highlight;