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Reeds in the Wind

Grazia Deledda,

Martha King

Start date: December 1, 2018

Finish date: December 31, 2018

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Mar 29, 2012 Laura rated it it was amazing

Shelves: audio-books, italian-literature, read-2012, nobel-prize, italy

From BBC Radio 4:
Grazia Deledda's powerful story of love, poverty, honour and retribution set in the rugged landscape of 1900's Sardinia.

I absolutely loved this book in such a way that I'm planning to read the printed version. ...more

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Nov 06, 2015 Christine rated it it was amazing

Shelves: classics, audiobooks, country-italy, read-in-2015, favorites-in-2015, best-of-2015, z-200-to-299-pages, tower-team-iv

So good.

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Dec 27, 2020 GONZA rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: posseduto, amazon, audio-book

Ho colmato un'altra grande lacuna e non mi è nemmeno dispiaciuto farlo. Per quanto estremamente legato al contesto sardo, che io ignoro completamente, la storia mi é piaciuta ed ancora di piú il paesaggio mi ha fatto venire voglia di andare a visitare la Sardegna quanto prima.
I personaggi sono molto particolari, quasi tutti accennati, appaiono solo attraverso le discussioni di altri personaggi, ma poi svaniscono per trasformarsi nei successivi discorsi in cui vengono citati. ...more

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