I managed to take the entire month to finish this one book. It was only 265 pages, but it was a trudge to get through

La dottrina del fascismo- Benito Mussolini and Giovanni Gentile (1919-1945) I’m reading this book in Italian. I’ve read plenty of English translations of Fascist ideology,

The Righteous Mind- Jonathan Haidt (2012) This book explores the basis of moral reasoning. The tagline under the title is: Why good people are divided

Ulysses- James Joyce  (1920) I bought this book years ago because it’s on almost every list of classic literature. But I couldn’t understand it, and after

Fascism: A Readers Guide- Walter Laqueur (1976) The book is a series of articles talking about various aspects of fascism. The most interesting for me was Zeev Sternhell’s article on

I have read 88 books this year, which is a new record for me. But, sadly, I’ll have to dial it back….starting from this month.Having

Gerusalemme liberata- Torquato Tasso  (1581) So soon after having finished the Divine Comedy, I was reluctant to involve myself with another epic poem in archaic Italian. But

Paradiso- Dante  (1321) Got busy on the translation this month and finished the third book (canticle) of the Dante’s Divine Comedy.  But because there are so

Paradiso- Dante  (1321) Continuing through the third book (canticle) of the Dante’s Divine Comedy.  Canto 19 The sixth sphere: Jupiter- justice The souls, still in the arrangement of