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Tag Archives: Paolo Volponi
Outrageously Out of Print: Ten Books You Didn’t Even Know Existed in Translation
The heading is unapolagetically clickbaity as I sincerely hope that you do know about the existence of at least some of the titles listed below. The idea for the post cristallised after several occasions when I was planning to write … Continue reading
Posted in Lists
Tagged A Meditation, Abel Posse, An Invincible Memory, Argentine, Astrophobia, Austrian, Bomarzo, Brazilian, Greek, Heimito von Doderer, Italian, João Ubaldo Ribeiro, Juan Benet, Luigi Malerba, Manuel Mujica Láinez, Nikos Kazantzakis, Paolo Volponi, Russian, Sasha Sokolov, Spanish, The Burn, The Demons, The Dogs of Paradise, The Odyssey: A Modern Sequel, The Serpent, The Worldwide Machine, Vassily Aksyonov
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Corporal (Corporale) by Paolo Volponi
I bought Paolo Volponi’s novel in Rome as a souvenir during my brief stay in that incredibly beautiful city this July. I gave it preference over the selfie sticks, cheap Colosseum replicas, and t-shirts with provocative slogans. Corporal has a reputation of … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, Reviews
Tagged Corporal, Corporale, Elsa Morante, Italian, Paolo Volponi
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