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Poll Question: Which writers have you read a book by?
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^ I know you said that... And I don't know what has been translated into English (or Portuguese, for that matter), but Heretical Empericism is, and that is a serious recommendation, knowing your love for and research on cinema, poetry, screenplays, art...! Really, this is a must read for you, I think.


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I read books by Italo Svevo, Italo Calvino and Umberto Eco (I'm currently reading Diario Minimo), all of them in Portuguese.
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Originally posted by Meltdowner Meltdowner wrote:

I read books by Italo Svevo, Italo Calvino and Umberto Eco (I'm currently reading Diario Minimo), all of them in Portuguese.

Same question: do you know Antonio Tabucchi?
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Originally posted by suitkees suitkees wrote:

^ I know you said that... And I don't know what has been translated into English (or Portuguese, for that matter), but Heretical Empericism is, and that is a serious recommendation, knowing your love for and research on cinema, poetry, screenplays, art...! Really, this is a must read for you, I think.


Now to find a copy ... so far not good luck although I did find a PDF but not sure how much they wanted for it ... didn't have time to look at it.

I may try to read some other stuff first.
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^ I see that some copies are sold for a big price in US $... But when I look for second hand (or sometimes new) and reasonably priced books I go to Abebooks... There are some decently priced over there now.

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Originally posted by jamesbaldwin jamesbaldwin wrote:

Same question: do you know Antonio Tabucchi?
I had never heard of him.
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Originally posted by Meltdowner Meltdowner wrote:

Originally posted by jamesbaldwin jamesbaldwin wrote:

Same question: do you know Antonio Tabucchi?
I had never heard of him.


 


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Originally posted by moshkito moshkito wrote:

Originally posted by suitkees suitkees wrote:

^ I know you said that... And I don't know what has been translated into English (or Portuguese, for that matter), but Heretical Empericism is, and that is a serious recommendation, knowing your love for and research on cinema, poetry, screenplays, art...! Really, this is a must read for you, I think.


Hi,

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Talking about Tabucchi
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from the list Eco, Dante and Pirandello, but how about Primo Levi?


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Originally posted by BaldJean BaldJean wrote:

from the list Eco, Dante and Pirandello, but how about Primo Levi?

Oh, yes, I didnt know He is famous abroad.

My fave is "La Tregua".
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Originally posted by jamesbaldwin jamesbaldwin wrote:

Originally posted by BaldJean BaldJean wrote:

from the list Eco, Dante and Pirandello, but how about Primo Levi?

Oh, yes, I didnt know He is famous abroad.

My fave is "La Tregua".

Peter Hammill wrote a song about him called "Primo on the Parapet"


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These in Finnish translations: 

Umberto Eco - The Name of the Rose and Foucault's Pendulum. Long ago, but I remember that I liked the Name of the Rose (I also saw the film around the same time and found it very much inferior) and didn't understand Foucault's Pendulum. Maybe I'll revisit them some time. 

Italo Calvino - The Cloven Viscount, The Baron in the Trees and Cosmicomics. All brilliant and I'm going to try and read more by him. 

Giovanni Guareschi -  some of his Don Camillo books when I was a kid/pre-teen. They were good fun back then and I remember enjoying the films as well. 

I've started Dante's Divine Comedy and Tasso's Jerusalem Delivered, but never finished them and likely never will. I'm sure I've read some short stories by Luigi Pirandello, but can't remember their names. 
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