Reading About Italy
Nov 22nd, 2006, 11:13 AM
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Reading About Italy
I love to read about the places I'm traveling to and since I won't be traveling to Italy until next summer, I want to get started now. I'm not interested in travel books but in fiction and non-fiction that helps me gain an understanding or a "flavor" of Italy. Any suggestions?
Nov 23rd, 2006, 07:23 PM
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We will be traveling to the big three (Venice, Rome, Florence) as well as the Cinque Terra, Siena, Assisi, and Lake Como. - about 20 days in all. I know thats a lot to see but since this is our first trip to Italy, we wanted to get an overview. We hope to return another year and spend more time in just one or two locations.
Nov 27th, 2006, 04:13 AM
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To name a few....
"A Thousand Days in Venice" by Marlena De Blasi.
"Mrs. Garnet's Angel" by Salley Vickers (Venice).
"City of Falling Angels" by John Berendt (Venice).
The Donna Leon series with Venetian murder mysteries starring Detective Brunetti.
"A Room with a View" by E.M. Forster (Florence).
"Italian Education" by Tim Parks.
You will find this thread helpful, as well.
Essential Reading List - Great Books About or Set in Italy.
http://fodors.com/forums/threadselec...p;tid=34410488
"A Thousand Days in Venice" by Marlena De Blasi.
"Mrs. Garnet's Angel" by Salley Vickers (Venice).
"City of Falling Angels" by John Berendt (Venice).
The Donna Leon series with Venetian murder mysteries starring Detective Brunetti.
"A Room with a View" by E.M. Forster (Florence).
"Italian Education" by Tim Parks.
You will find this thread helpful, as well.
Essential Reading List - Great Books About or Set in Italy.
http://fodors.com/forums/threadselec...p;tid=34410488
Dec 3rd, 2006, 09:46 AM
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Good old Goethe's "Italienische Reise" (Italian Journey?) is still worth reading. A lot has changed in the run of two centuries, but you'll still discover a lot of the things he describes.
Dec 14th, 2007, 03:04 PM
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HI, bob,
just found this old thread on this not greatly visited board.
if you're stil interested, anything by HV Morton.
he's old fashioned [a traveller in Italy was first published in 1964] but his writing style is superb.
regards, ann
just found this old thread on this not greatly visited board.
if you're stil interested, anything by HV Morton.
he's old fashioned [a traveller in Italy was first published in 1964] but his writing style is superb.
regards, ann
