I’ll be traveling to Sicily next year. Any recommended reads?
I’ll be traveling to Sicily next year. Any recommended reads?
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I’ll be traveling to Sicily next year. Any recommended reads?
“The Godfather” by Mario Puzo.
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Read that one. Thanks!
I am now reading Elena Ferrante – My Brilliant Friend. Set in Naples, it’s true, but still.. great book. First of a series.
Lucky girl!
Pirandello, the Late Mattia Pascal
Or also, Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, the Leopard.
If you like Classics, of course.
“A Soldier of the Great War”–Mark Helprin. I felt like it was a love sonnet for Italy.
Thinking practically: something about the food, culture, customs.
The Mask of Apollo, Mary Renault
Elena Ferrante- Days of Abandonment
“Under the Tuscan Sun”
Now… Tuscany (in the north of Italy) is rather far from Sicily (an island to the south of Italy) you know. 🙂
I just loved the book!
It is good, and I liked the movie as well.
http://www.bestofsicily.com/
Something mob related. Palermo was was where the Mafia originated. That being said have a great trip and I hope to make it one day. My father was born in Cantania Sicily before immigrating to the U.S when he was 12. I still have a lot of family there I hope to meet one day.
Why The Godfather Of course
The Normans, 2 vol. by J.J.Norwich.
The Leopard…… but its a bit of a read !
I must correct myself, the complete title is ‘The Normans in the South’, great history of the Norman occupation of Sicily.
In The Company of the Courtesan and In The Name Of The Family. Both by Sarah Dunant.
Montalbano’s First Case and Other Stories by Andrea Camilleri. There is also a Montalbano mystery novel series, a great tv series, and author interviews on YouTube if you want the complete package. I highly recommend anything Montalbano.
On Persephone’s Island: A Sicilian Journal by Mary Taylor Simeti or any of her other books. She is an American who married a Sicilian.
Rosalia’s Bittersweet Pastry Shop
Thanks for the great suggestions, everyone!