Sulla fiaba
By: Italo Calvino
3.51
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
L'origine, lo sviluppo e la funzione della fiaba studiato dal grande narratore che ha portato a ter…
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1. A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments
By: David Foster Wallace
4.15
Format: 353 pages, Paperback
In this exuberantly praised book — a collection of seven pieces on subjects ranging from television… read more
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- nonfiction
"What I know about auto racing could be inscribed with a dry Magic Marker on the lip of a Coke bottle."-David Foster Wallace, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments
"If Realism called it like it saw it, Metafiction simply called it as it saw itself seeing itself see it."-David Foster Wallace, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments
"Quentin Tarantino is interested in watching somebody's ear getting cut off; David Lynch is interested in the ear."-David Foster Wallace, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments
"American human beings are a slippery and protean bunch in real life, hard as hell to get any kind of universal handle on."-David Foster Wallace, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments
2. Ice
By: Anna Kavan
3.67
Format: 158 pages, Paperback
In this haunting and surreal novel, the narrator and a man known as the warden search for an elusiv… read more
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"Her albino hair illuminated my dreams, shining brighter than moonlight."-Anna Kavan, Ice
"I had never before met anyone who owned a telephone and believed in dragons."-Anna Kavan, Ice
"What I saw had no solidity, it was all made of mist and nylon, with nothing behind."-Anna Kavan, Ice
"I had a curious feeling that I was living on several planes simultaneously; the overlapping of these planes was confusing."-Anna Kavan, Ice
3. Trilogia della città di K.
By: Ágota Kristóf , Armando Marchi , Giovanni Bogliolo , Virginia Ripa di Meana
3.35
Format: 520 pages, Paperback
<>. Rosetta Loy Il grande quaderno La prova La terza menzogna read more
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4. The Lottery
By: Shirley Jackson
4.05
Format: 30 pages, Paperback
In a small American town, the local residents are abuzz with excitement and nervousness when they w… read more
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"It's not the way it used to be... people ain't the way they used to be."-Shirley Jackson, The Lottery
"It isn't fair, it isn't right," Mrs. Hutchinson screamed, and then they were upon her."-Shirley Jackson, The Lottery
"The morning of June 27th was clear and sunny, with the fresh warmth of a full-summer day; the flowers were blossoming profusely and the grass was richly green."-Shirley Jackson, The Lottery
5. Bartleby the Scrivener
By: Herman Melville
3.93
Format: 80 pages, Paperback
Academics hail it as the beginning of modernism, but to readers around the world—even those daunted… read more
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"I would prefer not to."-Herman Melville, Bartleby the Scrivener
"To a sensitive being, pity is not seldom pain."-Herman Melville, Bartleby the Scrivener
"Bartleby in a singularly mild, firm voice, replied, “I would prefer not to."-Herman Melville, Bartleby the Scrivener
"At present I would prefer not to be a little reasonable,' was his mildly cadaverous reply."-Herman Melville, Bartleby the Scrivener
6. Una questione privata
By: Beppe Fenoglio
3.79
Format: 129 pages, Paperback
Nelle Langhe, durante la guerra partigiana, Milton (quasi una controfigura di Fenoglio stesso), è u… read more
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- italian literature
"Non poteva più vivere senza sapere e, soprattutto, non poteva morire senza sapere, in un'epoca in cui i ragazzi come lui erano chiamati più a morire che a vivere. Avrebbe rinunciato a tutto per quell…"-Beppe Fenoglio, Una questione privata
"Scattò tutta la testa verso di lui e disse: «Come comincerai la tua prossima lettera? Fulvia dannazione?» Lui aveva scosso la testa, frusciando i capelli contro la corteccia del ciliegio. Fulvia si a…"-Beppe Fenoglio, Una questione privata
"Era successo proprio all’altezza dell’ultimo ciliegio. Lei aveva attraversato il vialetto ed era entrata nel prato oltre i ciliegi. Si era sdraiata, sebbene vestisse di bianco e l’erba non fosse più …"-Beppe Fenoglio, Una questione privata
7. Memoirs of Hadrian
By: Marguerite Yourcenar , Grace Frick
4.23
Format: 347 pages, Paperback
Both an exploration of character and a reflection on the meaning of history, Memoirs of Hadrian has… read more
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"And it was at about this time that I began to feel myself divine."-Marguerite Yourcenar, Memoirs of Hadrian
"I was willing to yield to nostalgia, that melancholy residue of desire."-Marguerite Yourcenar, Memoirs of Hadrian
"La morale è una convenzione privata; il decoro è una faccenda pubblica."-Marguerite Yourcenar, Memoirs of Hadrian
"Of all our games, love's play is the only one which threatens to unsettle the soul..."-Marguerite Yourcenar, Memoirs of Hadrian
8. La luna e i falò
By: Cesare Pavese , Gian Luigi Beccaria
4.06
Format: 205 pages, Paperback
Pubblicato nell'aprile del 1950 e considerato dalla critica il libro piu bello di Pavese, "La luna … read more
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9. Il partigiano Johnny
By: Dante Isella , Beppe Fenoglio
4.06
Format: None pages,
Il partigiano Johnnye riconosciuto come il piu originale e antiretorico romanzo italiano sulla Resi… read more
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10. Tre piani
By: Eshkol Nevo , Ofra Bannet , Raffaella Scardi
3.91
Format: 631 pages, Paperback
In Israele, nei pressi di Tel Aviv, si erge una tranquilla palazzina borghese di tre piani. Il parc… read more
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11. Una storia semplice
By: Leonardo Sciascia
3.99
Format: 32 pages,
Una storia semplicee una storia complicatissima, un giallo siciliano, con sfondo di mafia e droga. … read more
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12. Morphology of the Folktale
By: Alan Dundes , Vladimir Propp , Laurence Scott , None , None , None
4.15
Format: 130 pages, Paperback
Morphology will in all probability be regarded by future generations as one of the major theoretica… read more
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13. The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales
By: Bruno Bettelheim
3.66
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
The famous child psychologist, Bruno Bettelheim, explains how fairy tales educate, support, and lib… read more
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14. La settimana bianca
By: Emmanuel Carrère , Maurizia Balmelli
3.90
Format: 15 pages, Paperback
<>ha raccontato una volta Emmanuel Carrere <>. All'inizio, infatti, il piccolo Nicolas ha tutta l'a… read more
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15. L'isola di Arturo
By: Elsa Morante
3.53
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Il romanzo e un'esplorazione attenta della prima realta verso le sorgenti non inquinate della vita.… read more
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16. Il mare non bagna Napoli
By: Anna Maria Ortese
5.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
Al suo primo apparire, nel 1953, Il mare non bagna Napolisembro a molti inserirsi in quel filone ch… read more
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17. Storie naturali
By: Primo Levi
4.10
Format: None pages, Paperback
I mnemagoghi Censura in Bitinia Il Versificatore Angelica Farfalla <> L'ordine a buon mercato L'ami… read more
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18. Tokyo Express
By: Seichō Matsumoto
3.68
Format: 175 pages, Paperback
In una cala rocciosa della baia di Hakata, i corpi di un uomo e di una donna vengono rinvenuti all’… read more
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19. Niente di vero
By: Veronica Raimo
3.59
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
Prendete lo spirito dissacrante che trasforma nevrosi, sesso e disastri famigliari in commedia, da … read more
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- italian literature
"Quando finalmente arrivò la scoperta dei libri, non fu una forma di evasione, piuttosto una rasserenante coalescenza di noia. Riuscivo quasi a visualizzarla, bianca e melmosa: leggere era come sprofo…"-Veronica Raimo, Niente di vero
20. I baffi
By: Emmanuel Carrère
3.73
Format: 149 pages, Paperback
È quasi un capriccio, uno scherzo, quello di tagliarsi i baffi, da parte del protagonista di questo… read more
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21. Helgoland: Making Sense of the Quantum Revolution
By: Carlo Rovelli
4.08
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A startling new look at quantum theory, from the bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physi… read more
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- nonfiction
"But structures are processes are not there so that organisms can survive and reproduce. It is the other way round: organisms survive and reproduce because these structures have happened to gradually …"-Carlo Rovelli, Helgoland: Making Sense of the Quantum Revolution
"Credo che uno dei grandi errori che fanno gli esseri umani quando tentano di capire qualcosa sia volere certezze. La ricerca della conoscenza non si nutre di certezze: si nutre di una radicale assenz…"-Carlo Rovelli, Helgoland: Making Sense of the Quantum Revolution
"In qualunque angolo dell'universo troviamo vertiginosi pozzi di strati di realtà. In questi strati siamo riusciti a riconoscere regolarità, sulle quali abbiamo raccolto informazione rilevante per noi…"-Carlo Rovelli, Helgoland: Making Sense of the Quantum Revolution
22. The Mountains Sing
By: Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai
4.32
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
With the epic sweep of Min Jin Lee’s Pachinko or Yaa Gyasi’s Homegoing and the lyrical beauty of Va… read more
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"As long as I have my voice, I am still alive."-Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, The Mountains Sing
"Whenever humans failed us, it was nature who could help save us."-Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, The Mountains Sing
"Being a mother is never easy... It’s about failing, learning, and then failing again."-Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, The Mountains Sing
"History will write itself in people's memories, and as long as those memories live on, we can have faith that we can do better."-Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, The Mountains Sing
23. Forbidden Notebook
By: Alba de Céspedes
4.19
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
With a foreword by Jhumpa Lahiri, Quaderno Proibito is a classic domestic novel by the Italian-Cu… read more
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- italian literature
24. The Shadow King
By: Maaza Mengiste
3.67
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
Ethiopia. 1935. With the threat of Mussolini's army looming, recently orphaned Hirut struggles to … read more
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"The routine dulls the terror."-Maaza Mengiste, The Shadow King
"He holds no importance except what memory allows."-Maaza Mengiste, The Shadow King
"What is lost is gone, my child, what is lost makes room for something else."-Maaza Mengiste, The Shadow King
"what is forged into memory tucks itself into bone and muscle. It will always be there and it will follow us to the grave."-Maaza Mengiste, The Shadow King
25. On Women
By: Susan Sontag
3.61
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
A pithy and brilliant introduction to Susan Sontag’s writing on women, gathering early essays on ag… read more
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"Dividing time into Past, Present, and Future suggests that reality is distributed equally among three parts, but in fact the past is the most real of all. The future is, inevitably, an accumulation o…"-Susan Sontag, On Women
26. Il figlio di due madri
By: Massimo Bontempelli
3.93
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
Alle soglie del Novecento, il piccolo Mario vive a Roma in una famiglia benestante. Il giorno del s… read more
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27. M. Gli ultimi giorni dell'Europa
By: Antonio Scurati
4.28
Format: 848 pages, Kindle Edition
Il 3 maggio 1938, nella nuova stazione Ostiense, Mussolini insieme a Vittorio Emanuele III e al min… read more
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- italian literature
28. La società della performance
By: Maura Gancitano
4.01
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
In "La società della performance", Maura Gancitano e Andrea Colamedici proseguono la linea tracciat… read more
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- italian literature
29. As Mil E Uma Noites - Volume I
By: Anonymous
4.13
Format: 404 pages, Hardcover
A primeira tradução feita em Portugal a partir dos mais antigos manuscritos árabes existentes. Dife… read more
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30. Sulla fiaba
By: Italo Calvino
3.51
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
L'origine, lo sviluppo e la funzione della fiaba studiato dal grande narratore che ha portato a ter… read more
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31. Italo (Italian Edition)
By: Ernesto Ferrero
4.03
Format: 238 pages, Kindle Edition
Chi era veramente Italo Calvino? «Non troverete nulla», rispondeva a chi cercava di scavare nella s… read more
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