Back in 2022, I wrote the post 10 Authors I Haven’t Read, But Want To, and am now thinking that the second part is overdue. From my previous list, I have read seven out of ten authors I mentioned, including Molière, Cortázar and Llewellyn, the latter’s book How Green Was My Valley becoming one of my favourites. So, here is another list of authors I still have not read, but really want to:

I. Natalia Ginzburg

I cannot believe it, but I am still to read any Natalia Ginzburg (1916-1991), an Italian author whose fiction explores family, politics and the World War II events, and that is even after my Italia Reading Challenge, when I first earmarked this author as “to read”. I am particularly drawn to her novel Family Lexicon, which was reissued by NYRB publishing, and is said to be “intimate, enchanting and comedic”, “an unforgettable novel about language, memory, and the lasting power that family holds over all of us” (Daunt Books Publishing).

II. Elizabeth Bowen

I have heard great things about Anglo-Irish novelist Elizabeth Bowen and her books. I want to read The Death of the Heart, and The House in Paris, the former has been named one of the 100 best modern novels, while the latter has some intriguing themes, including time, motherhood, and betrayal and secrecy.