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Hit me with your favourite Italian set novel

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flowerycurtain · 31/03/2019 17:15

Love a good location read whilst I'm on holiday. Currently in the Italian mountains.

Bonus points for a historical novel.

I last read Sharon penmans "here be dragons" whilst in wales which blew me away.

Thank you!!

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flitwit99 · 19/04/2019 20:25

You've probably been on your holidays by now but I've just read Pompeii by Robert Harris while on holiday in Naples

MargotMoon · 17/04/2019 21:18

So many good suggestions on here - yy to
Name of the Rose
Evening Class
Miss Garnet's Angel
A Room With a View
How to Be Both

Homefireburn1ng · 14/04/2019 14:15

Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter
Enchanted April( gorgeous)
The Mountain by Luca d’Andrea
Four Seasons in Rome

Enjoyed all of those.

caringiscreepy · 14/04/2019 12:58

Call me by your name. So beautifully written

Abcd3 · 11/04/2019 18:10

How to be Both, Ali Smith

Abcd3 · 11/04/2019 18:04

My Italian Bulldozer, Alexander McCall Smith

TheGirlWhoLived · 08/04/2019 23:20

The Italian wife, Kate furnival

Shaping up to be a really good Italian historical fiction, set in the time of Mussolini and a really interesting read!

MintyCedric · 08/04/2019 23:10

La Cucina

MintyCedric · 08/04/2019 23:09

P.a. Cucina

Set in Palermo, Sicily. I read it years and years ago but it's always stuck in mind. Great if you're a foodie too.

Sewrainbow · 08/04/2019 23:05

I liked miss garnets angel

SusanWalker · 04/04/2019 11:35

A thread of grace by Doria Mary Russell. Set in ww2 in Italy.

Also second a room with a view, one of my all time favourite books. I was thrilled when I was in Turin and there was a massive thunderstorm.

smogsville · 04/04/2019 11:35

Where Angels Fear To Tread if you like a Room With a View.

I also adore the Brunetti detective stories set in Venice when in lazy mode. Donna Leon.

verona · 04/04/2019 11:26

EM Forster's A Room With a View

Clawdy · 03/04/2019 20:34

For a lighter read - Evening Class by Maeve Binchy or one of the Nicky Pellegrino novels.

KeithLeMonde · 03/04/2019 19:33

A Room With A View

StressToy · 03/04/2019 12:51

Deirdre Madden's Remembering Light and Stone, about an Irishwoman living in an Umbrian village. Seconding or thirding di Lampedusa's The Leopard. I'm not keen on Elena Ferrante's novels, but other people adore them.

Candleabra · 03/04/2019 12:48

Marco Vichi's inspector Bordelli novels, especially the first couple

cingolimama · 02/04/2019 17:18

Ditto to "Miss Garnet's Angel"! Also "Early One Morning" by Virginia Baily
Enjoy!

needsleepzzz · 02/04/2019 17:16

I love Capri by Belinda Jones, anything by Nicky Pellegrino

ChristmasFluff · 02/04/2019 17:15

I loved 'Miss Garnet's Angel' by Salley Vickers - set in Venice.

littlebillie · 01/04/2019 21:19

Big stone Gap, set in USA and Italy.

ElizabethinherGermanGarden · 01/04/2019 21:17

The Name of the Rose seconded. Also The Enchanted April, which is very English but Italy set.

tripfiction · 01/04/2019 21:15

Oh blimey, where to start. So, to fit your brief, try this novel that has recently been published:

An Italian Affair www.tripfiction.com/an-italian-affair-novel-set-in-ww2-tuscany/

The Madonna of the Mountains was on the Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards (Fiction with a Sense of Place) Longlist www.tripfiction.com/novel-set-in-the-veneto-the-maddona-of-the-mountains/

The Girl from Venice www.tripfiction.com/mystery-set-in-northern-italy/

Oh, and a novel set in Dolomites - village life and ice cream, what's not to like? The Ice Cream Makers www.tripfiction.com/novel-set-in-the-dolomites/

Have fun choosing!

Hit me with your favourite Italian set novel
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flowerycurtain · 01/04/2019 06:10

Brilliant stuff thank you everyone. Lots to get my teeth into here!

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DancelikeEmmaGoldman · 01/04/2019 02:31

Susanna Kearsley’s Season of Storms.

Dorothy Dunnett’s House of Niccolo series (you might have to move to Italy, they’re long).

David Hewson’s Costa and Peroni crime novels (highly recommended).

The Name of the Rose which is lots of intellectual fun if you like puzzles - Umberto Eco.

The Talented Mr Ripley - Patricia Highsmith.

Michael Dibdin’s Aurelio Zen crime novels, also Donna Leon’s mystery series.

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