In His Own Words

Tag: Italian literature

  • If On A Winter’s Night A Traveler

    If On A Winter’s Night A Traveler

    Review: Without doubt one of the most peculiar and yet most enjoyable books I have ever encountered. To describe it is difficult. A man starts to read a new novel and finds it cuts off after the first chapter. So he goes back to the shop to complain and meets a woman who had the… Read more

  • The Decameron

    The Decameron

    Review: Called a masterpiece, and deservedly so. 10 young people, 7 women and 3 men, set out for their country villas to escape the plague in Florence. They elect one of their number as King for the day and he or she sets the rules of the day and the subject of the tales they… Read more