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Dɪɢɪᴛᴀʟɪs Pᴜʀᴘᴜʀᴇᴀ

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Bio: an eclectic physician Avatar: Burt Lancaster as the Prince of Salina, a.k.a. The Leopard. Loves: philosophy, poetry, novels, neorealism, postmodernism, existentialism.

“Mi casa tendrá dos piernas y mis sueños no tendrán fronteras„ — Ernesto Guevara

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Dɪɢɪᴛᴀʟɪs Pᴜʀᴘᴜʀᴇᴀ rated Novecento. Un monologo: 4 stars

Alessandro Baricco: Novecento. Un monologo (Hardcover, Italian language, 1994, Feltrinelli)

Novecento. Un monologo by Alessandro Baricco (Universale economica Feltrinelli ;)

Dɪɢɪᴛᴀʟɪs Pᴜʀᴘᴜʀᴇᴀ rated The Prophet: 5 stars

Kahlil Gibran: The Prophet (Paperback, 2003, Laurier Books Ltd. /AES)

The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran

Kahlil Gibran’s masterpiece, The Prophet, is one of the most beloved classics of our time. Originally published in 1923; this …

Dɪɢɪᴛᴀʟɪs Pᴜʀᴘᴜʀᴇᴀ rated Baron in the Trees: 4 stars

No cover — Italo Calvino, Ann Goldstein: Baron in the Trees (2017, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company)

Baron in the Trees by Italo Calvino, Ann Goldstein

Dɪɢɪᴛᴀʟɪs Pᴜʀᴘᴜʀᴇᴀ rated The motorcycle diaries: 5 stars

Ernesto Che Guevara: The motorcycle diaries (2003, Ocean Press, Centro de Estudios Che Guevara)

The motorcycle diaries by Ernesto Che Guevara

The young Che Guevara’s lively and highly entertaining travel diary, now a popular movie and a New York Times bestseller. …

Dɪɢɪᴛᴀʟɪs Pᴜʀᴘᴜʀᴇᴀ rated The Bolivian diary: 4 stars

The Bolivian diary by Ernesto Che Guevara

Dɪɢɪᴛᴀʟɪs Pᴜʀᴘᴜʀᴇᴀ rated The Moon and the Bonfire (Peter Owen Modern Classic): 4 stars

The Moon and the Bonfire (Peter Owen Modern Classic) by Cesare Pavese

Dɪɢɪᴛᴀʟɪs Pᴜʀᴘᴜʀᴇᴀ rated La casa in collina: 4 stars

Cesare Pavese: La casa in collina (Italian language, 1990, Giulio Einaudi)

La casa in collina by Cesare Pavese (Letteratura -- 34)

Dɪɢɪᴛᴀʟɪs Pᴜʀᴘᴜʀᴇᴀ rated Reminiscences of the Cuban Revolutionary War: 4 stars

Reminiscences of the Cuban Revolutionary War by Ernesto Che Guevara

Dɪɢɪᴛᴀʟɪs Pᴜʀᴘᴜʀᴇᴀ rated Guerrilla warfare: 5 stars

Ernesto Che Guevara: Guerrilla warfare (Paperback, 1985, University of Nebraska Press)

Guerrilla warfare by Ernesto Che Guevara

Dɪɢɪᴛᴀʟɪs Pᴜʀᴘᴜʀᴇᴀ rated Selections from the prison notebooks of Antonio Gramsci: 4 stars

Antonio Gramsci: Selections from the prison notebooks of Antonio Gramsci (1971, International Publishers)

Selections from the prison notebooks of Antonio Gramsci by Antonio Gramsci

Gramsci wrote more than 30 notebooks of history and analysis during his imprisonment. These writings, known as the Prison Notebooks, …

Dɪɢɪᴛᴀʟɪs Pᴜʀᴘᴜʀᴇᴀ rated Lost Illusions: 5 stars

Lost Illusions by Honoré de Balzac, George Saintsbury

Dɪɢɪᴛᴀʟɪs Pᴜʀᴘᴜʀᴇᴀ rated Ocean Sea: 3 stars

Alastair McEwen, Alessandro Baricco: Ocean Sea (Paperback, 2000, Vintage)

Ocean Sea by Alastair McEwen, Alessandro Baricco

Ocean Sea (Italian: Oceano mare) is a 1993 novel by the Italian writer Alessandro Baricco. Its narrative revolves around the …

Dɪɢɪᴛᴀʟɪs Pᴜʀᴘᴜʀᴇᴀ rated Practical ethics: 4 stars

Peter Singer, Peter Singer: Practical ethics (1993, Cambridge University Press)

Practical ethics by Peter Singer, Peter Singer

For thirty years, Peter Singer's Practical Ethics has been the classic introduction to applied ethics. For this third edition, the …

Dɪɢɪᴛᴀʟɪs Pᴜʀᴘᴜʀᴇᴀ rated Il porto sepolto: 5 stars

Il porto sepolto by Giuseppe Ungaretti (Letteratura universale Marsilio)

Dɪɢɪᴛᴀʟɪs Pᴜʀᴘᴜʀᴇᴀ rated The last of the Mohicans: 5 stars

James Fenimore Cooper, James Fenimore Cooper: The last of the Mohicans (EBook, 1981, Bantam Classic)

The last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper, James Fenimore Cooper

"James Fenimore Cooper's romantic adventure brings the wilds of the American frontier and the drama of the French-Indian War vividly …