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October 29, 2019
A review of Igiaba Scego's "Beyond Babylon," which weaves together diverse perspectives—on colonial Italy, pre-revolution Somalia, Argentina’s desaparecidos, bisexuality, racism, sexual violation, learning Arabic in Tunisia, and life in Rome—from five diff ...
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Reading in Translation
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September 16, 2019
Elsa Morante’s "Arturo’s Island: A Novel" is an enchanting, complex work about a boy, Arturo, growing up on the island Procida. He swims, struggles to understand his father, adores his dog, falls in love, and eventually leaves home. His drama of adolescent ...
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Modern Italy
Attention to Italian antisemitism under Fascism has grown in the last decade. Italian Jewish Musicians and Composers under Fascism: Let Our Music Be Played contributes to this important discourse from the specific and fascinating angle of Jewish musicians ...
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