Tag: Vitaliano Brancati

A list of Italian themed movies and books for all seasons

Categories dolce vita bloggers, dolcevitabloggers, Italia, Italian Culture, Italy, Literature, Reading Trincaria, Sicily

I thought I'd recommend a few books and movies with a bit of an Italian theme. But as is usual in Italy, I've gone and overindulged with the entertainment. Quindi sono guai! So now you are in for it! Get ready for a mega list of movies and great reads from a lifetime lover of…

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Literary Islands: Vitaliano Brancati

Categories About me, Arts, Culture Shock, Italian Culture, Italy, Life in Sicily, Literary Islands, Literature, Sicilian Culture and Traditions, Sicilian History, Sicilian Writers, Sicily, Sicily and Sicilianess, Travel Sicily

I stumbled upon Vitaliano Brancati quite by accident in a bookstore at Messina. I was attracted by the title of one his books, I discovered after he was quite a prolific novelist and later his most famous novel Il Bel Antonio was developed into a movie starring Marcello Mastroianni, which became a classic of Italian…

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