Finished this a few days ago, but our DSL is down at home... I'm at the library now trying to get caught up on some emails, so this is going to be a short review. I thought the book was okay. It was written in the 1950s and is comprised of Carlos Levy's essays, observations, interviews, etc. from his travels to Sicily. He is an Italian himself, but he is not Sicilian, so he has a different perspective than other books I've read about Sicily. It wasn't the best book I have read on Sicily, but it did have some interesting pieces on the peasants and how they live and are treated in the Sicilian countryside, on farms and in the mines. The book is translated from Italian, and some of the parts don't make too much sense, but it is interesting to read the footnotes about the Italian and Sicilian words. I'd give it three out of five stars!
I've already started my next book (#18/101)... I am reading the Book Thief by Markus Zusak, and I think it will be a quick read, because so far, it is very good. Here is a very brief summary from http://www.booksamillion.com/:
"Set during World War II in Germany, Zusaks groundbreaking novel is the story of Liesel Meminger, a foster girl living outside of Munich. Liesel, who scratches out a meager existence for herself by stealing, encounters something she cant resist: books."
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