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Alexandra Cristie @alexcristie.bsky.social · Sep 3

Thanks for the heads up! I was not aware of this so I shall look it up!

Alexandra Cristie @alexcristie.bsky.social · Aug 22

I haven't read this one, nor do I own an English translation, so can't compare. But it's a dream of mine to one day be able to read Italian. I chose to learn Spanish now for rather practical reasons.

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Alexandra Cristie @alexcristie.bsky.social · Aug 21

Oh I've had Loop on my shelves for ages (still unread)! I think this it the first time I see someone mention it! I'll have to look up the bottom two; top three are a given!

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Alexandra Cristie @alexcristie.bsky.social · Aug 21

I know! One of the reasons why it's on my list!

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Alexandra Cristie @alexcristie.bsky.social · Aug 20

Fun was had, books were bought📚

Compliments to my lovely partner & thanks to everyone who shared their opinion on my wishlist 🧡

#bookSky #WITMonth #womenInTranslation

Five books in the picture: Her Side of the Story by Alba de Céspedes, Space Invaders by Nona Fernández, The Little I Knew by Chiara Valerio, A Woman in the Polar Night by Christiane Ritter, and Caliban and the Witch by Silvia Federici

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Alexandra Cristie @alexcristie.bsky.social · Aug 18

I recently registered for a Spanish language course starting next month, after spending a month trying to decide between Spanish and Italian. Now I randomly found this Ginzburg in the original Italian and I half regret my decision…

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Alexandra Cristie @alexcristie.bsky.social · Aug 14

New on the blog: I wrote about Your Little Matter by Maria Grazia Calandrone, tr. by Antonella Lettieri - a lyrical investigation into the life and death of Calandrone's mother in post-war Italy. Perfect for #WITMonth!

@foundryeditions.bsky.social #bookSky
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Review: Your Little Matter by Maria Grazia Calandrone (tr. Antonella Lettieri)

Of my mother, I only have two black and white photographs. Apart, of course, from my own life and some biological memories that I’m not sure I can tell apart from suggestion …

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JacquiWine @jacquiwine.bsky.social · Aug 17

My latest review for #WITMonth, SUNKEN CITY by Marta Barone (tr Julia MacGibbon).

I loved this thoroughly absorbing story of the personal & the political, which delves into the tangled history of Italy's Years of Lead. Margaret Drabble is a fan! #BookSky 💙📚

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Sunken City by Marta Barone (tr. Julia MacGibbon)

In this fascinating, deeply moving book, the Italian writer Marta Barone takes the reader on a journey to reconstruct the father, Leonardo Barone (LB), she only partially knew before his death – an…

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Alexandra Cristie @alexcristie.bsky.social · Aug 15

Thank you! Oh I'd love to be able to read Italian! But I think Lettieri did a great job translating it, there's a clear sense of Calandrone's style and the lyricism of her prose feels very natural and on point.

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Alexandra Cristie @alexcristie.bsky.social · Aug 14

New on the blog: I wrote about Your Little Matter by Maria Grazia Calandrone, tr. by Antonella Lettieri - a lyrical investigation into the life and death of Calandrone's mother in post-war Italy. Perfect for #WITMonth!

@foundryeditions.bsky.social #bookSky
alexandracristie.com/2025/08/14/r...

Review: Your Little Matter by Maria Grazia Calandrone (tr. Antonella Lettieri)

Of my mother, I only have two black and white photographs. Apart, of course, from my own life and some biological memories that I’m not sure I can tell apart from suggestion …

alexandracristie.com

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JacquiWine @jacquiwine.bsky.social · Aug 14

An ongoing thread of some excellent books by #womenintranslation - all read since last August. 🧵

#WITMonth #TranslationThurs #BookSky #ReadWomen 💙📚

A bookshelf containing some of the books in translation I've read over the past few years - many by women.

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Alexandra Cristie @alexcristie.bsky.social · Aug 14

Oh my! Shortly after my move here I remember some downstairs neighbours dancing in the storm as their paved garden flooded. Fun times! But yes, I agree it doesn't storm enough!

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Alexandra Cristie @alexcristie.bsky.social · Aug 14

I also found Edinburgh not to live up to its rainy and dreary reputation.

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Alexandra Cristie @alexcristie.bsky.social · Aug 14

Lovely!

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Alexandra Cristie @alexcristie.bsky.social · Aug 13

Oh yes! Or just random people reading in parks, trains, cafes. If there's something I'm nosy about it's people's reading tastes!

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Alexandra Cristie @alexcristie.bsky.social · Aug 13

Some people don't care to keep everything they read, regardless of enjoyment level. Or maybe some of these were set text for a course and the person didn't actually care for them. I suppose we'll never know (well unless the unlikely happens: they see the post and solve the mystery for us)

Alexandra Cristie @alexcristie.bsky.social · Aug 13

It is possible. I'm a student but none of these books that I do own I bought for a course.

Alexandra Cristie @alexcristie.bsky.social · Aug 13

My thoughts didn't go on that grim a route. But it was only a bag of books, not a whole library - from my anecdotal experience most people who donate books to charity shops are alive and well and donating their own books.

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Alexandra Cristie @alexcristie.bsky.social · Aug 13

(Although they got rid of those books which brings confusion and internal conflict)

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Alexandra Cristie @alexcristie.bsky.social · Aug 13

At the charity shop where I volunteer, there are occasional, magic events where I open a bag of books donated by someone, and I don’t know who this person is, or what they look like, but I know she (I’m also sure she’s a she) is my kindred spirit.
#bookSky

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Lisa Hill @anzlitlovers.bsky.social · Aug 12

Announcing Short Story September!
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Announcing Short Story September 2025

Thanks to an enthusiastic response to my Expressions of Interest post back in April, here we are about to launch Short Story September! The catalyst for this month was a cascade of events: a blogge…

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Alexandra Cristie @alexcristie.bsky.social · Aug 13

Exciting stuff! Congrats!

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Dead Ink Books @deadinkbooks.bsky.social · Aug 13

We've been sitting on a secret...

Delighted to announce our brand-new imprint, Outsider Classics 📚 Books for readers pursuing stories fallen by the wayside, from the voices history left in the margins.

Read more here: www.thebookseller.com/news/dead-in...

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Mandy Wight @mandywight.bsky.social · Aug 13

Still loving Natalia Ginzburg, read for #Womenintranslation Month2025 peakreads.wordpress.com/2025/08/13/v...

Voices in the Evening by Natalia Ginzburg translated by D. M. Low

It’s been such a joy to read Natalia Ginzburg again for Women in Translation Month—though odd to call it a joy really when, as in so many of her books, her characters’ desire for love and connectio…

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Alexandra Cristie @alexcristie.bsky.social · Aug 13

Thanks! I love matching bookmark to book!

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