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Success! Ajbarbieri has read 11 of 8 books.

Samantha Harvey, Sarah Naudi (Narrator): Orbital (AudiobookFormat, 2023, Penguin Random House) 4 stars

A team of astronauts in the International Space Station collect meteorological data, conduct scientific experiments …

Poetic, but not easy to concentrate

3 stars

A beautiful written book, and clearly a lot of research has gone into making it science based. I just found a little bit hard to wade through given that there is no real story, aside the intimate portrait of the astronauts - this is probably more a reflection of my reader skills instead of the author!

reviewed La storia by Elsa Morante (Einaudi tascabili -- 267)

Elsa Morante: La storia (Italian language, 1995, Einaudi) 4 stars

La Storia and ordinary people (and two dogs)

4 stars

Not an easy ready at all, aside for the number of pages, for the type of Italian language of 1974 and some dialect thrown in. But a great book, with La Storia effect on ordinary poor people and also two dogs (especially Bella - turns out one of the main characters for me)

Manuela Faccon: Vicolo Sant'Andrea 9 (Paperback, Italian language, Feltrinelli) 4 stars

Padova, anni cinquanta. Teresa lavora come portinaia in un palazzo del centro. Dietro un aspetto …

Un bel romanzo sulla mia citta'

4 stars

Interessante anche perche' Padova e' la citta' in cui sono cresciuto e lo ho letto mentre sono in citta' per motivi familiari. Ho letto recensioni con accuse di strafalcioni storici, ma controllando un po' a caso io non ne ho trovati. Forse la fine un po' troppo bella ma Teresa anche se un personaggio inventato se lo e' meritato tutto!