Reading List
Summer School 2022
Curzio Malaparte,
La pelle (1949)
Eng. Curzio Malaparte, The Skin (NYRB Classics, 2013)
Ennio Flaiano,
Tempo di uccidere (1947)
Eng. Ennio Flaiano, A Time to Kill (Quartet Books, 1992)
Edith Bruck,
Chi ti ama così (1959)
Eng. Edith Bruck, Who Loves You Like This (Paul Dry Books. 2001)
Beppe Fenoglio,
Una questione privata (1963)
Eng. Beppe Fenoglio, A Private Matter (Peter Lang, 1988)
Elsa Morante,
La storia (1974)
Eng. Elsa Morante, History: A Novel (Knopf, 1977)
Giorgio Bassani,
Il giardino dei Finzi Contini (1962)
Eng. Giorgio Bassani, The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (Penguin Classics, 2007)
Primo Levi,
I sommersi e i salvati (1986)
Eng. Primo Levi, The Drowned and the Saved (Simon&Schuster, 2017)
Rosetta Loy,
La parola ebreo (1997)
Eng. Rosetta Loy, First Words: A Childhood in Fascist Italy (Metropolitan Books, 2000)
Igiaba Scego,
Adua (2015)
Eng. Igiaba Scego, Adua. A Novel (New Vessel Press, 2017)
Ubah Cristina Ali Farah, Madre piccola (2007)
Eng. Ubah Cristina Ali Farah, Little Mother. A Novel (Indiana UP, 2011)
Gabriella Ghermandi, Regina di fiori e di perle (2007)
Eng. Gabriella Ghermandi, Queen of Flowers and Pearls: a Novel (Indiana UP, 2015)
Alberto Moravia, Il conformista (1951)
Eng. Albero Moravia, The Conformist: a Novel (Steerforth, 1999)
* The books can be read in English or in Italian. All English translations are available for purchase.