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Poetry
Fiction
In One, No One, and One Hundred Thousand by Luigi Pirandello, a man’s casual discovery of how others perceive him differently triggers an existential crisis, leading him to question identity, reality, and the multiplicity of self.
One, No One and One Hundred Thousand
In Inferno by Dante Alighieri, the poet journeys through the nine circles of Hell, guided by Virgil, encountering sinners and their punishments as an allegory of divine justice and human redemption.
Inferno
In Purgatorio by Dante Alighieri, the poet ascends Mount Purgatory, guided by Virgil, witnessing souls undergoing purification for their sins in a journey of hope, repentance, and spiritual growth.
Purgatorio
In Paradiso by Dante Alighieri, guided by Beatrice, the poet ascends through the celestial spheres, experiencing divine love and ultimate enlightenment in a journey toward union with God.
Paradiso
In The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio, a group of ten young people fleeing the Black Death share 100 tales that explore love, wit, morality, and human nature with humor and depth.
The Decameron
In The Mistress of the Inn by Carlo Goldoni, the clever and independent Mirandolina skillfully manages the affections of her suitors while asserting her autonomy and challenging societal expectations.
The Mistress of the Inn
In Silk by Alessandro Baricco, a French silkworm trader embarks on a journey to Japan in the 19th century, where his encounters with love, desire, and cultural differences evoke themes of longing, loss, and the complexity of human relationships.
Silk
In My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante, the complex and evolving friendship between two childhood friends, Elena and Lila, is explored against the backdrop of post-war Naples, delving into themes of identity, social class, and the struggles of woma...
My Brilliant Friend
In The Story of the New Name by Elena Ferrante, the second book of the Neapolitan Novels series, Elena and Lila continue their intense and turbulent friendship, navigating love, betrayal, and the search for personal and social identity in the changin...
The Story of a New Name
In Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay by Elena Ferrante, the third book in the Neapolitan Novels series, Elena and Lila confront the complexities of adulthood, grappling with the choices, sacrifices, and tensions that shape their lives as they naviga...
Those who leave and those who stay
In The Story of a Lost Child by Elena Ferrante, the final book of the Neapolitan Novels series, Elena and Lila face the culmination of their intertwined lives, confronting the consequences of their personal choices, the challenges of motherhood, and ...
The Story of the Lost Child
The novel is set in the small town of Santo Stefano Belbo, in Piedmont, north-west Italy. The protagonist, known only by his nickname of Anguilla (Eel), has returned to his home town in the years immediately following the Second World War. He left tw...
The Moon and the Bonfires
Like Oscar Wilde’s Dorian Gray, Andrea Sperelli lives his life as a work of art, seeking beauty and flouting the rules of morality and social interaction along the way. In his aristocratic circles in Rome, he is a serial seducer. But there are two wo...
Pleasure
In the final days of World War II, a courageous band of Jewish partisans makes its way from Russia to Italy, moving toward the ultimate goal of Palestine. Based on a true story, If Not Now, When? chronicles their adventures as they wage a personal wa...
If Not Now, When?
Silvio Lupanello, a big-shot in Vigàta, is found dead in his car with his pants around his knees. The car happens to be parked in a part of town used by prostitutes and drug dealers, and as the news of his death spreads, the rumors begin. Enter Inspe...
The Shape of Water
Poetry
Giuseppe Ungaretti (1888-1970) was a pioneer of the Modernist movement in Italian poetry and is widely regarded as one of the leading Italian poets of the twentieth century. His verse is renowned and loved for its powerful insight and emotion, and it...
Selected Poems - Giuseppe Ungaretti
Montale’s reputation is international and enduring; his widely translated work has profoundly influenced generations of poets around the world. This volume contains selections from all his greatest works, rendered into English by the accomplished poe...
Selected Poems - Eugenio Montale
In The Complete Poems by Salvatore Quasimodo, themes of war, exile, love, and human suffering are intertwined with lyrical imagery, reflecting a deep yearning for peace and a connection to humanity’s collective soul. A sentence that all italian stude...
Complete Poems - Salvatore Quasimodo