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By Jorge Amado. 1981
In Bahai, Brazil, a poor poet is commissioned to track down the facts in the life of the late Pedro…
Archango, writer, anthropologist, and woman-chaser, said to be in league with the Devil himself. Explicit descriptions of sex. Portuguese language. 1981By Jorge Amado. 1982
Historical novel by the noted Brazilian author depicts the growth of cities, the dynamic social changes, and the destruction of…
a primitive way of life as Brazil's frontier is opened up to the cultivation of cacao at the beginning of the twentieth century. Portuguese language. 1942By Fulvio Tomizza. 1985
Collection of twenty-three stories, written over a period of three decades, by the celebrated Italian author. The stories reflect the…
character of various Italian regions at different times, including the author's native Istria, as well as Trieste and Friuli. Italian languageBy Giorgio Scerbanenco. 1985
Enzo attempts to save Roberta, an industiral magnate's daughter, from the hands of an unscrupulous clinic for the wealthy, where…
she has been sent to undergo a cure for alcoholism. Italian languageBy Frederick Forsyth. 1986
Set in 1987, the novel concerns a Soviet plot to gain sympathy for Britain's Labour party by exploiting the nuclear…
freeze issue. The plan is to explode a tiny nuclear bomb smuggled in pieces into England and blame the Americans. One tenacious British agent, John Preston, stands in the way. Italian languageBy Paolo Scandaletti. 1981
By Rosa Rossi. 1984
By Giulio Andreotti. 1985
The author presents more than thirty profiles of famous men in the contemporary world of politics, religion, and culture. He…
includes famous figures such as King Farouk, Hirohito, Nasser, Peron, De Gaulle, American presidents, and noted men of the author's native Italy. Italian languageBy Vittorio Gassman. 1981
Nostalgic and humorous autobiography by the internationally acclaimed Italian actor and writer. Gassman reminisces on his childhood and youth, his…
family and friends, his loves and marriage, his Hollywood experiences, and his long and very successful theatrical career. Italian languageBy Roberto Gervaso. 1984
By Fiammetta Di Napoli Oliver. 1984
Tourist's guidebook presents excursions through Palermo. Monreale, Trapini, Agrigento, Siracusa, Messina, Isole Eolie, and other places of Sicily, describing at…
the same time the rich history, traditions, and culture of the island. Italian languageBy Luís De Camões. 1980
The epic poem of Portugal, first published in 1572, narrates the exploits of the Portuguese focusing principally upon the discovery…
of India by Vasco da Gama with the help of the goddess Venus. Portuguese languageBy Andrea De Carlo. 1981
By Jorge Amado. 1984
Dona Flor's first husband is a charming and carefree rogue who leads an exciting and precarious existence gambling, carousing, and…
lovemaking. Her second husband is the opposite; he is methodical in all ways, including his sex life. Portuguese languageBy Elias Canetti. 1983
An account of the 1981 Nobel Prize winner's early life, the events, personalities, and intellectual forces which shaped him as…
a young man. The shifting environments described range from Bulgaria to Manchester, England, and Switzerland to Vienna. Italian languageBy Anna Walewska. 1984
Behind the walls of a huge ancient villa, the dramatic secret of two men and a woman casts its shadow…
on the life of the young Elisa and her love. Italian languageBy Jorge Amado. 1984
By José Rodrigues Miguéis. 1983
By Vittorio Paliotti. 1983
Each year Neapolitans await the miracle of the blood of their Saint Gennaro, a bishop of Benevento beheaded in 305.…
The author-journalist describes how the cult of Saint Gennaro is interwoven into the history of Naples. Italian languageBy Loriano Macchiavelli. 1983