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“I read all of them. I know that there’s been a TV adaptation of them, which is apparently brilliant. It’s done by Italians, thank God: they’ve haven’t Americanized it or anything like that. But I couldn’t quite bring myself to watch it, because I know what Lila and Elena are like to me, and I want to retain that.” Read more...
Historical Novels Set in Italy
Tracy Chevalier, Historical Novelist
“I think one of the things that’s so interesting about these books is that we’re supposed to interrogate what friendship is. Because friendship is not nice—a lot of the time.” Read more...
