Alessandro Portelli

12 books

Battle of Valle Giulia: Oral History and the Art of Dialogue by Alessandro Portelli

Battle of Valle Giulia: Oral History and the Art of Dialogue

Alessandro Portelli

368 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative medium-paced
Beloved by Toni Morrison

Beloved

Beloved Trilogy #1

Toni Morrison

329 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

fiction classics historical literary magical realism dark emotional sad slow-paced
Black Boy by Richard Wright, Jerry W. Ward Jr.

Black Boy

Richard Wright, Jerry W. Ward Jr.

419 pages • first pub 1945 (editions)

nonfiction biography classics memoir challenging reflective slow-paced
The Death of Luigi Trastulli and Other Stories: Form and Meaning in Oral History by Alessandro Portelli

The Death of Luigi Trastulli and Other Stories: Form and Meaning in Oral History

Alessandro Portelli

358 pages • first pub 1990 (editions)

nonfiction history informative medium-paced
Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention by Manning Marable

Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention

Manning Marable

608 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction biography history race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Order Has Been Carried Out: History, Memory, and Meaning of a Nazi Massacre in Rome by Alessandro Portelli

The Order Has Been Carried Out: History, Memory, and Meaning of a Nazi Massacre in Rome

Palgrave Studies in Oral History

Alessandro Portelli

352 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

nonfiction history emotional informative sad slow-paced
They Say in Harlan County: An Oral History by Alessandro Portelli

They Say in Harlan County: An Oral History

Alessandro Portelli

446 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Badlands: Springsteen e l'America: il lavoro e i sogni by Alessandro Portelli

Badlands: Springsteen e l'America: il lavoro e i sogni

Alessandro Portelli

missing page info • first pub 2015 (editions)

medium-paced
Biography of an Industrial Town: Terni, Italy, 1831-2014 by Alessandro Portelli
Biography of an Industrial Town: Terni, Italy, 1831-2014
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Alessandro Portelli

Biography of an Industrial Town: Terni, Italy, 1831-2014

Palgrave Studies in Oral History

Alessandro Portelli

400 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history politics medium-paced
Bruce Springsteen's America: A Dream Deferred by Alessandro Portelli

Bruce Springsteen's America: A Dream Deferred

Alessandro Portelli

196 pages • first pub 2019 (editions) user-added

nonfiction biography historical history music politics sociology