I’m going to try not to gush here. I’m going to fail, but I’m going to try. Because, you guys:…
book review
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“A suitcase, perhaps, the past left behind”: a book review of Shadows on the Lake
by Flavia Brunetti Proietti February 19, 2017A book review of Shadows on the Lake.
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Blurred boundaries: a book review of Loreena’s Gift
by Young in Rome July 20, 2016Sometimes you need to read a book that’s both a good read and also a thoughtful meditation on life, death, love,…
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Last night I traveled all over Italy and even spent some time in Montreal: a book review of Daughter of Mine
by Flavia Brunetti Proietti April 29, 2016How Daughter of Mine by Laura Fabiani hijacked my evening Sometimes I think I should just tell my boss the truth.…
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I love it when a book makes me think: a review of The Question
by Flavia Brunetti Proietti December 7, 2015If you could have the answer to only one question… Mine would be, “When is Italy going to accept that…
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When this country no longer has farmers or artisans, it will no longer have a history. (Pier Paolo Pasolini) Once…
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Pinocchio, Luxottica, and la bella figura : A Review of John Hooper’s The Italians
by Flavia Brunetti Proietti January 30, 2015I have to make a confession. Though I treasure the belief that I am open of mind and heart,…
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“It’s like being a cowboy instead of a bureaucrat”: A review (and a giveaway!) of Death Logs In, the sequel to Death Never Sleeps
by Flavia Brunetti Proietti January 12, 2015A book about heaven, about hell, about whether or not there is wi-fi in the afterlife. And how is everybody…
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A lil’ book review: Death Never Sleeps by E.J. Simon
by Flavia Brunetti Proietti January 5, 2015Because who doesn’t love a crime novel where people go running off to Rome? Well, it seems Death Never Sleeps, and…