AGP Executive Report
Last update: 7 hours agoMemoir Launch: Sonia Gandhi’s Belonging: A Journey of Love reached bookstores across India on Nov. 10, published by HarperCollins India. The Italy-born politician writes about her journey to India and her decision to refuse the prime minister’s post in 2004; excerpts have already drawn criticism from the BJP. Italian Cookbook: UK publisher Pavilion has acquired a cookbook by Italian-Australian cook Michela Chiappa. Vatican History: Historian Gerald J. Steinacher’s new book examines the Vatican’s response to postwar trials of Nazi war criminals, drawing on recently opened archives. Classics: In a discussion of why classic books endure, NEH president Michael McDonald invokes Italo Calvino’s idea that they speak to both the past and the present.
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