The American: For Italy & the World
Email this article to a friend. Little Misunderstandings of No ImportanceBy Book Staff
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Italy and ItaliansZeno's ConscienceItalo Svevo's remarkable Zeno Cosini has the pedigree of a 21st-century neurotic. Naples '44: An Intelligence Officer in the Italian LabyrinthLittle written about World War II and southern Italy rivals Lewis' memoir. That Awful Mess on the Via MerulanaIn English, "That Awful Mess on the Via Merulana" is an impossible novel — which makes it necessary. The SirenAt his best, the late Dino Buzzati made the magical abut the mundane. Zero, Zero, ZeroRoberto Saviano's cluttered new book plumbs the depths of cocaine trafficking. |