Alessio Colonnelli Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Alessio Colonnelli

Reading a book with an utterly restless narrative; story not moving anywhere, though. Fidgety characters stuck in a frantic loop. All weird. And yet, there's something in it... So, I do like White Noise, by Don DeLillo. As I type, I can see how fitting its title is.

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The sweetest thing – a sneaky read at work. (Interpreter of Maladies, by Jhumpa Lahiri. Fab collection of short stories!) https://t.co/Id6y5IfzPp

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Reading this fab thing from 1953. Massimo Bontempelli's style – an author forgotten by most, incredibly underrated – reminds me a bit of Gabriel García Márquez'. Dreamy. A tad Poltergeist-y. Great short stories! (Title translates as The Faithful Lover.) https://t.co/angprdsUvZ

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Reading a belter of a book: The Course of Love, by Alain de Botton. I massively recommend it. Thought-provoking. Funny. He just writes ever so well. I shall use it as a bit of a compass when attempting to write my own (love) stories, but also as a compass for life in general. https://t.co/ZY60enej6T

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Read these scenes from a Nigerian funeral, the other day. Made me laugh inside. So good. Such a great writer. From "Open City," by Teju Cole. https://t.co/vqE4cv5VRg

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Reading Stoner, by John Williams. Such a terrific novel, so much so that even a funeral scene in it – the burial of English literature prof. Archer Sloane – is one the liveliest things I've ever read. A gem of a book. Super jealous of my paper copy.

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Jack Kerouac, one of my all-time fav novelists, who also wrote the Mexico City Blues poems and knew Mexico like the back of his hand, would've loved this intro by @Leiva_Oficial – quite possibly, just as much as I do. This is for you, Jack. https://t.co/y8UM2FxMjN

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