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Rowizyx | 423 comments #30 Revisiting USA (undefined, a border state): Campione gringo by Aura Xilonen - The Gringo Champion by Aura Xilonen


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Rowizyx | 423 comments #31 Revisiting Indonesia: La scuola ai confini del mondo by Andrea Hirata - The Rainbow Troops by Andrea Hirata


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Rowizyx | 423 comments #32 Revisiting USA - New York: I cigni della Quinta Strada by Melanie Benjamin - The Swans of Fifth Avenue by Melanie Benjamin


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Rowizyx | 423 comments #34 Revisiting UK - England - Great London: Le vicende relative al caso della scomparsa di Miss Finch by Neil Gaiman - The Facts in the Case of the Departure of Miss Finch by Neil Gaiman


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Rowizyx | 423 comments #35 Revisiting Italy - Piedmont: Non ditelo allo scrittore by Alice Basso


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Rowizyx | 423 comments #37 USA - Washington DC: Chew, Vol. 11: The Last Suppers


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Rowizyx | 423 comments #38 Morocco: Come pioggia sulle dune by Jane Johnson - The Salt Road by Jane Johnson


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Diane  | 13052 comments Rowizyx wrote: "#37 Imaginary land: Chew, Vol. 11: The Last Suppers"

Imaginary lands with no clues to location default to the home country of the author.


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Rowizyx | 423 comments Diane wrote: "Rowizyx wrote: "#37 Imaginary land: Chew, Vol. 11: The Last Suppers"

Imaginary lands with no clues to location default to the home country of the author."


Mm... then USA... there's a part (about 20%) set in Washington DC, can I count it?


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Diane  | 13052 comments Rowizyx wrote: "Diane wrote: "Rowizyx wrote: "#37 Imaginary land: Chew, Vol. 11: The Last Suppers"

Imaginary lands with no clues to location default to the home country of the author."

Mm... then..."


Yes


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Rowizyx | 423 comments #39 Revisiting Italy - Undefined: Il cortile di pietra by Francesco Formaggi


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Rowizyx | 423 comments #40 Ghana: Non dimenticare chi sei by Yaa Gyasi - Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi


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Rowizyx | 423 comments #41 Revisiting USA - North Dakota: Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich - Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich


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Rowizyx | 423 comments #42 Revisiting USA - Pennsylvania: Prigioniero di nessuno (Outlander #15) by Diana Gabaldon - Written in My Own Heart's Blood (part 2 of 2) by Diana Gabaldon


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Rowizyx | 423 comments #43 Revisiting New Zealand: The Parihaka Woman by Witi Ihimaera - The Parihaka Woman by Witi Ihimaera


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Rowizyx | 423 comments #44 Revisiting UK - England - Great London: Allontanarsi (La saga dei Cazalet, #4) by Elizabeth Jane Howard - Casting Off by Elizabeth Jane Howard


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Rowizyx | 423 comments #46 UK - Warwickshire: Shakespeare una biografia by Peter Ackroyd - Shakespeare: The Biography by Peter Ackroyd


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Rowizyx | 423 comments #48 Revisiting Switzerland: L'occhio del pescespada by Arthur Brügger - L'Oeil de l'espadon by Arthur Brügger


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Rowizyx | 423 comments #49 Revisiting Austria: Il mondo di ieri Ricordi di un europeo by Stefan Zweig - The World of Yesterday by Stefan Zweig


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Rowizyx | 423 comments #50 Revisiting Italy - Campania: La compagnia delle anime finte by Wanda Marasco


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Rowizyx | 423 comments #51 Revisiting France: L'altra figlia by Annie Ernaux - L'autre fille by Annie Ernaux


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Rowizyx | 423 comments #52 Revisiting Japan: Lo zen e la cerimonia del tè by Kakuzō Okakura -The Book of Tea by Kakuzō Okakura


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Rowizyx | 423 comments #53 Revisiting Chile: In Patagonia by Bruce Chatwin - In Patagonia by Bruce Chatwin


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Rowizyx | 423 comments #54 Revisiting Italy - Sicily: Porte aperte by Leonardo Sciascia


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Rowizyx | 423 comments #55 Revisiting UK - England - Cornwall: Il giardino dei segreti by Kate Morton - The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton


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Rowizyx | 423 comments #56 Revisiting UK - England - Yorkshire: Natura morta by A.S. Byatt - Still Life by A.S. Byatt


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Rowizyx | 423 comments #58 Uganda: La fossa dei serpenti by Moses Isegawa - Snakepit by Moses Isegawa


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Rowizyx | 423 comments #59 Revisiting Italy - Sicily: Il morso by Simona Lo Iacono


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Rowizyx | 423 comments #60 Revisiting Japan: Mille gru by Yasunari Kawabata - Thousand Cranes by Yasunari Kawabata


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Rowizyx | 423 comments #61 Revisiting Germany: Voci del verbo andare by Jenny Erpenbeck - Go, Went, Gone by Jenny Erpenbeck

Very amazing book: being Italian, I can see with my own eyes the refugees crisis every day and this year I entered an association dedicated to cultural integration... because like Richard I wanted to know more about it. This book is very important to me.


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Rowizyx | 423 comments #63 Revisiting USA - New York: Lei. Vivian Maier by Cinzia Ghigliano


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Mome_Rath | 1871 comments Rowizyx wrote: "#66 Libya: L'arabo del futuro. Una giovinezza in Medio Oriente (1978-1984) by Riad Sattouf - The Arab of the Future: A Childhood in the Middle East, 1978-1984: A Graphic Memoir by [author:..."

I enjoyed this memoir, though I was as surprised as the main character at the ending!


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Rowizyx | 423 comments Mome_Rath wrote: "Rowizyx wrote: "#66 Libya: L'arabo del futuro. Una giovinezza in Medio Oriente (1978-1984) by Riad Sattouf - [book:The Arab of the Future: A Childhood in the Middle East, 1978-1984: A Graphic Memoir|23168..."

I can't believe his parents were still a couple, his mother's patience and tolerance are really endless...


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Mome_Rath | 1871 comments That, too!


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Rowizyx | 423 comments #67 Revisiting Norway: Casa di bambola by Henrik Ibsen - A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen


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Rowizyx | 423 comments #70 Revisiting Spain: Panzerotta e Crocchetto by Ana Oncina


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Rowizyx | 423 comments #71 Revisiting Italy (undefined): Residenza Arcadia by Daniel Cuello


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Rowizyx | 423 comments #73 Mongolia: Yeruldelgger. Morte nella steppa by Ian Manook - Yeruldelgger by Ian Manook


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