Alessia rated The lowland: 3 stars
The lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri
Brothers Subhash and Udayan Mitra pursue vastly different lives--Udayan in rebellion-torn Calcutta, Subhash in a quiet corner of America--until a …
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Leggevo un sacco. Poi ho avuto figli. I used to read a lot. Then, I had children.
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Alessia rated The lowland: 3 stars
The lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri
Epic in its canvas and intimate in its portrayal of lives undone and forged anew, 'The Lowland' is a deeply …
Alessia rated The third man: 3 stars
The third man by Graham Greene
Initially written as a screenplay Greene later transferred the film treatment to novel form as a novella, published together with …
Alessia rated An American Marriage (Oprah's Book Club): A Novel: 3 stars
An American Marriage (Oprah's Book Club): A Novel by Tayari Jones
Newlyweds Celestial and Roy are the embodiment of both the American Dream and the New South. He is a young …
Alessia rated An American Marriage: 3 stars
An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
Newlyweds Celestial and Roy are the embodiment of both the American Dream and the New South. He is a young …
Alessia rated The Anarchy: 4 stars
The Anarchy by William Dalrymple
The story of how the East India Company took over large swaths of Asia, and the devastating results of the …
Alessia rated Night Boat to Tangier: 4 stars
Alessia rated The Terrorists: 4 stars
Lab Girl by Hope Jahren
An illuminating debut memoir of a woman in science; a moving portrait of a longtime friendship; and a stunningly fresh …
Alessia rated La traccia dell'angelo: 3 stars
La traccia dell'angelo by Stefano Benni (La memoria -- 863)
Alessia rated The Sheltering Sky (P.S.): 4 stars
The Sheltering Sky (P.S.) by Paul Bowles
'The Sheltering Sky is a book about people on the edge of an alien space; somewhere where, curiously, they are …
Alessia rated The Sellout: 3 stars
The Sellout by Paul Beatty
A biting satire about a young man's isolated upbringing and the race trial that sends him to the Supreme Court, …
Alessia rated Giovanni's Room: 4 stars
Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin (Penguin Modern Classics)
Baldwin's haunting and controversial second novel is his most sustained treatment of sexuality, and a classic of gay literature. In …
