New on the blog today, Part One of my BOOKS OF THE YEAR, 2025 - favourites from a year of reading.
Featuring books by Edith Wharton, Barbara Pym, Caroline Blackwood, Vivian Gornick and more! #BookSky 💙📚 #BooksOfTheYear #Books #BOTY
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Thanks for the heads up! I was not aware of this so I shall look it up!
I haven't read this one, nor do I own an English translation, so can't compare. But it's a dream of mine to one day be able to read Italian. I chose to learn Spanish now for rather practical reasons.
Oh I've had Loop on my shelves for ages (still unread)! I think this it the first time I see someone mention it! I'll have to look up the bottom two; top three are a given!
I know! One of the reasons why it's on my list!
Fun was had, books were bought📚
Compliments to my lovely partner & thanks to everyone who shared their opinion on my wishlist 🧡
#bookSky #WITMonth #womenInTranslation
Sagittario by Natalia Ginzburg
I recently registered for a Spanish language course starting next month, after spending a month trying to decide between Spanish and Italian. Now I randomly found this Ginzburg in the original Italian and I half regret my decision…
New on the blog: I wrote about Your Little Matter by Maria Grazia Calandrone, tr. by Antonella Lettieri - a lyrical investigation into the life and death of Calandrone's mother in post-war Italy. Perfect for #WITMonth!
@foundryeditions.bsky.social #bookSky
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My latest review for #WITMonth, SUNKEN CITY by Marta Barone (tr Julia MacGibbon).
I loved this thoroughly absorbing story of the personal & the political, which delves into the tangled history of Italy's Years of Lead. Margaret Drabble is a fan! #BookSky 💙📚
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Thank you! Oh I'd love to be able to read Italian! But I think Lettieri did a great job translating it, there's a clear sense of Calandrone's style and the lyricism of her prose feels very natural and on point.
New on the blog: I wrote about Your Little Matter by Maria Grazia Calandrone, tr. by Antonella Lettieri - a lyrical investigation into the life and death of Calandrone's mother in post-war Italy. Perfect for #WITMonth!
@foundryeditions.bsky.social #bookSky
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A bookshelf containing some of the books in translation I've read over the past few years - many by women.
An ongoing thread of some excellent books by #womenintranslation - all read since last August. 🧵
#WITMonth #TranslationThurs #BookSky #ReadWomen 💙📚
Oh my! Shortly after my move here I remember some downstairs neighbours dancing in the storm as their paved garden flooded. Fun times! But yes, I agree it doesn't storm enough!
I also found Edinburgh not to live up to its rainy and dreary reputation.
Lovely!
Oh yes! Or just random people reading in parks, trains, cafes. If there's something I'm nosy about it's people's reading tastes!
Some people don't care to keep everything they read, regardless of enjoyment level. Or maybe some of these were set text for a course and the person didn't actually care for them. I suppose we'll never know (well unless the unlikely happens: they see the post and solve the mystery for us)
It is possible. I'm a student but none of these books that I do own I bought for a course.
My thoughts didn't go on that grim a route. But it was only a bag of books, not a whole library - from my anecdotal experience most people who donate books to charity shops are alive and well and donating their own books.
(Although they got rid of those books which brings confusion and internal conflict)
At the charity shop where I volunteer, there are occasional, magic events where I open a bag of books donated by someone, and I don’t know who this person is, or what they look like, but I know she (I’m also sure she’s a she) is my kindred spirit.
#bookSky
Exciting stuff! Congrats!
We've been sitting on a secret...
Delighted to announce our brand-new imprint, Outsider Classics 📚 Books for readers pursuing stories fallen by the wayside, from the voices history left in the margins.
Read more here: www.thebookseller.com/news/dead-in...
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Thanks! I love matching bookmark to book!
Oh, that'd be brilliant! 🧡
This sounds great, wish I could join!
New on the blog today, I've written about A WOMAN by Sibilla Aleramo (tr Erica Segre & Simon Carnell)
A remarkable autobiographical feminist novel that reads like a cry for liberty, independence & intellectual fulfilment in an oppressive world. #WITMonth 💙📚
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This goes straight to my wishlist! My recent read, Your Little Matter, similarly deals (among other themes) with the realities of women's lives in Italy, but this time in the 50s & 60s. Highly recommend it!
