Italian Literature: Recommended Readings by UBC Faculty



Faculty from UBC’s Italian program recommend readings to keep you entertained while you’re stuck at home.

Simonetta Hornby, Caffè Amaro (2016)
Suggested by Luisa Canuto

Giacomo Leopardi, Dialogo della natura e di un islandese (1827)
Suggested by Carlo Testa

Giovanni Boccaccio, El Decamerón (1348)
Suggested by Daniela Boccassini

Elena Ferrante, L’amica geniale (2011)
Suggested by Luisa Canuto

Claudio Magris, L’infinito Viaggiare (2003)
Suggested by Luisa Canuto

Elsa Morante, L’isola di Arturo (1957)
Suggested by Monica Liscio

Giacomo Leopardi, La Ginestra (1836)
Suggested by Carlo Testa

Dacia Maraini, La lunga vita di Marianna Ucria (1990)
Suggested by Luisa Canuto

Antonio Scurati, La seconda mezzanotte (2011)
Suggested by Gaoheng Zhang

Alberto Moravia, La noia (1960)
Suggested by Giorgio Jacova

Giacomo Carofiglio, Le tre del Mattino (2017)
Suggested by Luisa Canuto

Alessandro Manzoni, I promessi sposi (1840)
Suggested by Carlo Testa

Primo Levi, Se questo è un uomo (1947)
Suggested by Elena Zampieri

Alessandro Baricco, Seta (1996)
Suggested by Arianna Dagnino


Feeling adventurous?

Explore these French readings recommended by Daniela Boccassini:

Bruno Latour, Down to Earth: Politics in the New Climatic Regime (2018)
French version: Où atterrir? Comment s’orienter en politique
(2017)
Suggested by Daniela Boccassini

Michel de Montaigne*, The Complete Essays of Montaigne (1958)
French version: Essais (1995, originally published 1580)
Suggested by Daniela Boccassini

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* The following recent article may be inspiring on why to read Montaigne: Dorian Rolston, Don’t take life so seriously: Montaigne’s lessons on the inner life (2020)



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