Sunday, July 20, 2025

Exercise (health)

Thriving Beyond Fifty (Expanded Edition): 111 Natural Strategies to Restore Your Mobility, Avoid Surgery and Stay Off Pain Pills for Good

Book by Will Harlow 

Sunday, July 13, 2025

Historical Fiction

Blackcock's Feather (from H.)

- Maurice Walsh

 

Wolf Hall (from Dina) [have paperback]

- Hillary Mantel


Tuesday, July 8, 2025

Italian Short Stories

 

read: The Penguin Book of Italian Short Stories

- Jhumpa Lahiri


to read: Neapolitan Chronicles (Il mare non bagno Napoli)

read: **A Pair of Eyeglasses

- Anna Maria Ortese


Alberto Moravia

- **read already: the other side of the moon (fast woman)


Elsa Morante

- read already: The Ambitious Ones


Georgio Manganelli

- **Centuria (good, short)


Primo Levi

- Quaestio de Centauris


Tommaso Gandofli

- Gogol’s Wife


Carlo Emilio Gadda

- **The Mother (v good writing, phrases)


Ennio Flaiano

- Diario degli errori (book)

- A Martian in Rome


antonio delfini

- The Milliner (from Racconti)

Grazia Deledda

- La cerbiatta (the hind)


Silvio d’Arzo

**english translation ?** - Casa d’altri


Fausta Cialente

- Malpasso**


Carlo Cassola

- At the Station***


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Cristina Campo

- The golden nut*

related

Latemar - mountain in the dolomites

The "Wizard of Latemar" likely refers to a character in the Latemar.Adventure, a series of trails and interactive experiences in the Dolomites region of Italy, specifically designed for families and children. These adventures involve a magical element, often featuring a wizard or other mystical characters, and incorporate storytelling, puzzles, and games related to the local environment and legends. 

Specifically, the "Latemar.Adventure: Vaia's Wrath" trail involves a story about a missing calf and the impact of a storm, while "Latemar.Adventure: The Secret of the Venetian" features a search for a hidden treasure.

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Dino Buzzati

- And yet they are knocking at your door** (like Poe)

- Larger than Life (sci-fi)

- the tarter steppe

- sette piani (seven floors)

- sessanta racconti (collection)

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Massimo Bontempelli

- The Miraculous Beach***

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Romano Bilenchi

- A Geographical Error**

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Liciano Bianciardi

- the streetwalker ***

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Giovanni Arpino

- The Baboon**

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Corrado Alvaro

- Barefoot ***

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Italian language - standardised 19th C to Tuscan dialect (Florence, Sienna) (north of Rome).