I am often asked to recommend reading for my Guests. I have therefore put forth a small selection of reading that might be of interest to you. One or two might be fun and I welcome any input from you should I have missed a book or play that you think might be of interest to others…
HISTORY
IN SICILY by Norman Lewis, Thomas Dunn Books, St Martin’s Press, NY
THE SICILIAN VESPERS: A History of the Mediterranean World in the Later Thirteenth Century by Steven Runciman
THE LEOPARD by Giuseppe Di Lampedusa
THE BATTLE OF SICILY: How the Allies Lost Their Chance for Total Victory by Samuel W. Mitcham and Friedrich von Stauffenberg
FICTION:
SICILIAN CAROUSEL by Lawrence Durrell
SICILIAN UNCLES by Leonardo Sciascia (Author), N.S. Thompson
THE SHAPE OF WATER (Inspector Montalbano Mysteries)
Andrea Camilleri (and all the other novels in the Montalbano series by Andrea Camilleri)
THE ALMOND PICKER by Simonetta Agnello Hornby
THE MARCHESA by Simonetta Agnello Hornby
THEATRE:
A HISTORY OF ITALIAN THEATRE by Joseph Farrell and Paolo Puppa
SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR by Luigi Pirandello and Stephen Mulrine
THE LATE MATTIA PASCAL by Luigi Pirandello, Charles Simic and William Weaver
