Language Learning
August 11, 2023
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It has been over 10 years since the last time I was in Italy, which was 2011. While I have occasionally exercised my Italian in
Category: Italian
L’amica geniale- Elena Ferrante (update on Italian reading in general)
August 15, 2022
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I have a whole list of Italian books I want to read. The list looks like this right now: La divina commedia- Dante Alighieri (1320)
Italian Language Level
August 5, 2022
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I have a long history with Italian at this point. I was born to an Italian-American mother, but was adopted, so I had no day-to-day
Uno, nessuno e centomila- Luigi Pirandello
July 19, 2022
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Uno, nessuno e centomila- Luigi Pirandello (1924) I read one of Pirandello’s novels earlier this year (Il fu Mattia Pascal- The Late Mattia Pascal) and
Il Piacere- Gabriele D’Anunzio (1889)
April 30, 2022
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“La sensibilità de’ suoi nervi era così acuta che ogni minima sensazione a lui data dalle cose esteriori pareva una ferita profonda. Egli aveva tutto
Ultime Lettere di Jacopo Ortis by Ugo Foscolo (1816)
January 31, 2022
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This Italian book was written as a series of letters from Jacopo to his friend Lorenzo. Jacopo is a young patriot who flees his hometown
Orlando furioso: Rodomonte and Pride
January 1, 2022
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Reading through a modern Italian version of Orlando furioso right now. There is a wild scenario in Canto 27, where Discord and Pride, embodied as
Fantastic Stories and Deeper Meanings
December 15, 2021
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Reading through a modern Italian version of Orlando furioso right now. In Canto 20, the female warrior Marfisa meets a knight errant, Zerbino, who challenges
Orlando Furioso: Deception
November 27, 2021
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Reading through Orlando Furioso right now. The 8th canto starts off: Oh quante sono incantatrici, oh quantiincantator tra noi, che non si sanno!Che con lor