Graziella Parati, Paul D. Paganucci Professor of Italian Language and Literature, and Professor of Women's and Gender Studies
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If you like subtle humor, you must read The Combover by Adrián N. Bravi, translated from the Italian by Richard Dixon. The main character, Arduino Gherarducci, is a college professor. “One day, after an unpleasant incident in which a student rises from his seat and proceeds to embarrass him by disturbing his well sculpted combover mid-lecture, Gherarducci decides to up and leave everything and everyone behind for a bit of much needed solitude.” Adrian Bravi’s style is a wonderful combination of Gogol’s, Pirandello’s, and his own sense of humor.