Cristo si è fermato a Eboli vs Pictures from Italy: Which Should You Read?

Cover of Cristo si è fermato a Eboli Cristo si è fermato a Eboli Carlo Levi · 1946 ★★★★☆ 3.8 240 pages · ≈ 4 h 27 m · Challenging

It was to Lucania, a desolate land in southern Italy, that Carlo Levi?a doctor, painter, philosopher, and man of letters?was confined as a political prisoner because of his opposition to Italy?s Fascist government at…

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Cover of Pictures from Italy Pictures from Italy Charles Dickens · 1846 ★★★★☆ 3.5 125 pages · ≈ 2 h 19 m · Demanding

From the book:If the readers of this volume will be so kind as to take their credentials for the different places which are the subject of its author's reminiscences, from the Author himself, perhaps they may visit…

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Goodreads — 3.5 (919)
Hardcover — 3.3 (3)
Apple Books — 3.5 (86)

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Ratings 1 919
Editions 61 99
Citations — 51
Film adaptations 1 1
Want to read — 2554
Reading it now — 155
Written reviews — 121
Wikipedia attention 2017 332
Pages 240 125

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