Sicilian Lives Dolci
***classic study of Mafia and Sicilian poverty
Myths Legends and Customs in Greek and Roman Sicily
DH Lawrence & Italy
The Kidnapping of EdgardoMortara Kertzer true
story of a low-point in the Catholic Church
A House in Sicily Phelps
****interesting story of British womans life in Sicily
we met her in Taormina
in spring 00
Desiring Italy
edited by Cahill
Mattanza Maggio
***** wonderful story of her love of the tuna fishing near the isle of Favignana
Lives of the Artist Vasari classic biographies of famous
artists
Under the Tuscan Sun Mayes -**** sumptuous descriptions of
living in Tuscany
On Persephones Island - Simeti hope you liked it!
The Stones of Florence & Venice Observed
McCarthy
The Hills of Tuscany
Mate
Mother Tongue Wilde-Menozzi
A Valley in Italy
StAubin de Teran
Italian Neighbors Parks ****wonderful recounting of living in Italy
Midnight in Sicily Robb
****recent history of Mafia in Sicily
No Pictures on my Grave Lloyd ****one womans trek for
spiritual freedom in Trapani and around Sicily
Sicily Sammartino
& Roberts ****a nice concise history (with lots of typos)
That Fine Italian Hand Hoffmann ***Italian culture
Sicilian Carousel DH Lawrence ****wonderfully written, of
course, trek around the island
The Sun at Midday Alhadeff ***Tales
of a Mediterranean family
The Wind Off the Island Bradford ****sail around Sicily in the 50s
with this British couple
Were You Always an Italian? Laurino
stories of the Italian-American experience
Dances with Luigi Paolicelli an
Italian-Americans search to understand his roots
Unto the Sons Talese *****wonderful
story of Italian immigrants
Italian Days Harrison ***Well-written travelogue of Italy, including Sicily
Passion Justice Freedom Photographs of Sicily Battaglia
(UC) ****photos of the struggle against the Mafia by a progressive woman
photographer
PicturequeSicily
Paton (UC) ****turn of the last century tour of Sicily with old photos
BelVino Dusi
Pictures from Italy
Dickens
Notes from an ItalianGarden Marble
Motya Servadio
Calabrian Tales Chiarella
Travels of a Medieval Queen Simonetti
Tuscan Childhood Beevor
Brunelleschis Dome King
Ripe for the Picking Howes
Journey to the South Hawes
A Thousand Days in Tuscany
de Blasi
The Lost Painting Harr
A Sicilian Romance Radcliffe
Fighting the Mafia Orlando
RenatoGuttuso
Dark Heart of Italy
Jones
Medici Money Parks
Family Sayings Ginzburg
Colcano Lover Sontag
Benevolence & Betrayal Stille
Sicily Before History Leighton
Mother Tongue Menozzi
The Sack of Rome Stille
La Bella Lingua - Hales
Novels
The Skin Malaparte
****very powerful set of autobiographical episodes in WW II
The Bethrothed Manzoni ****classic
first modern Italian novel set in Lombardy
in the early 1600s
The Silent Dutchess Mariani ****takes place in Bagheria
just outside of Palermo
The Sparrow Verga ***beautifully
written short tale of old Sicily
Reeds in the Wind Deledda ****lovely book set in Sardinia
Sometimes the Soul Timpanella
***very well-told pair of novellas of Sicily
Silk Baricco ****very nice short and
sweet tale
Little Jesus of Sicily
Pasqualino ***pre-WW II village life- short
multi-level well-done tale
In The Garden of Papa Santuzzu Ardizzone *****beautiful, enticing tale of
immigrants from Agrigento,
Sicily with lots of
remembrances of the island
The Sun Train Reggiani ****wonderful
childrens book for all ages
The Last Cannoli - Cusumano
- *****excellent story of immigrant family her first book, too
Paper Fish De Rosa (UC)
***Italian immigrants in Chicago
in the 1940s
The House by the Medlar Tree Verga (UC) takes place in a small Sicilian village
The Myrtle & The Rose Messina (UC) ***1982 lovely short
novel
Little Novels of Sicily
Verga (UC) ***short novellas of Sicilian
life
The Leopard Lampedusa (UC)
****classic story of Sicily
of old (hopefully we will be able to see the movie)