In March, the BBD took a trip to Italy for the Italian language. Rob posted a great overview of 20th Century Italian literature, and our group read for the month was The Island of the Day Before by Umberto Eco, suggested by Tinky. Alicia gave the book rave reviews; many of us are still straggling through it, since it's such a long one!
I hosted Japan this month, and I wrote an essay about 20th century Japanese literature, deviating a bit from Rob's usual format. We chose Snow Country by Nobel laureate Kawabata Yasunari as our group read. The discussion is just getting started as of his posting, so feel free to pop in! It's a short read and promises to be compelling.
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