Showing posts with label Italy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Italy. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 13, 2024

The House at the Edge of Night

 Fiction by Catherine Banner

This story was about the Esposito family, who lived on a small (probably fictional) island off the coast of Italy near Sicily called Castellemare. It takes place over the course of most of the twentieth century. 

It was okay but...the characters just didn't hold my attention. I finished it but felt like it hadn't been worth it to push through to the end. I can't really articulate why.

Tuesday, April 21, 2015

The Light in the Ruins

Fiction by Chris Bohjalian.

http://www.barnesandnoble.com

A murder mystery set in post-World-War-II Italy, this was a good story with interesting characters. The picture it paints of an Italy who sorely regrets siding with Nazi Germany is really interesting.