Buongiorno! How do you like the looks of this cover?!
Hachette Book Group is offering up to five copies of this novel by Robert Hellenga. Set in Florence, it is said to make the city come alive. Here’s a a sneak peek at what’s inside (under the covers, if you will):
Margot Harrington’s memoir about her discovery in Florence of a priceless masterwork of Renaissance erotica – and the misguided love affair it inspired–is now, 25 years later, being made into a movie. Margot, with the help of her lover, Woody, writes a script that she thinks will validate her life. Of course their script is not used, but never mind – happy endings are the best endings for movies, as Margot eventually comes to see. At the former convent in Florence where “The Sixteen Pleasures” – now called “The Italian Lover,” – is being filmed, Margot enters into a drama she never imagined, where her ideas of home, love, art, and aging collide with the imperatives of commerce and the unknowability of other cultures and other people.
Interested? Leave a comment below, telling me how to say “hello” in another language. Contest entries will be open until midnight on March 6, and I’ll announce the winners on March 7. Giveaway is open to US and Canadian addresses only, no P. O. Boxes, please. Buona fortuna!
Hola! Sounds like an interesting tale and I would like to be entered for the drawing
Hoping I remember my HS French after 50+ years…Bon Jour.
I would love to win a copy of this book, I’ve read so many great reviews of it.
haloo or hei! is Finnish!
thanks for the fun question… my husband and I are running through all of the “hellos” that we know. :}
I’ve posted this on Win A Book. Don’t enter me, though.
Well I want to say hello in something totally off the wall so I looked up how to say Hello in elvish! It’s Mára aurë, pronounced Q, Mah-rah ow-ray.
If you wanted a real language here’s hello in Gaelic: dia duit (informal; pronounced gee-ah ditch; literally “God be with you”)
Zdravstvuite! (is the american spelling for the russian word hello) Thanks for entering me for this book.
Osiyo, Is Hello in Cherokee. What a wonderful idea to learn all the different ways and languages in which to say hello. (Hugs)Indigo
In the Deep South, we say hey instead of hello, but I guess that’s not technically another language. So, I googled and the best greeting I found is “wushiwushi”. That’s hello in beri beri, which is apparently a Nigerian language.
“Hallo” or “Guten tag” (good day!) in German. I’d love to win this book – please count me in!
Hmmm, how about “Howdy!” That’s a western term, I believe!
bonjour from Canada
Olá is hello in Portuguese or Bom Dia for Good Day!
Thanks for the giveaway, looks like another good book.
Well, when we went to Egypt, I was all prepared to say this: Al salaam a’alaykum
But I met NO ONE that said that. It was always just salaam. So you now can say hello in Arabic. Oh…and “mashy” is “ok”. Loved that one. Mashy mashy…okay okay.
Thanks for the giveaway!
Please include me in your drawing. Thanks Debbie
aloha in Hawaiian. Wish I was still there…oh well.
Thanks for another great contest!
¡Hola! (Spanish)
What a pretty cover. Love to be entered in this one. Thank you for hosting the drawing!
Usually I say “Namaste” when I see older Indian people. It’s more a religious gesture of respect, than “hello” but close enough! (It’s Hindi)
I definitely want to read this one, thanks for the giveaway!
Thanks for the great giveaway.
Zdravo–Makedonski (Macedonian) and is pronounced “Stravo!”
“Konnichiwa” is hello in Japanese.
I read Hellenga’s first book and loved it. This one sounds great!
How about “Hej!” in Swedish – pronounced like “Hey!” in English.
Or “!שלום” in Hebrew – pronounced “Shalom!”
Namaste is hello for Hindi
Namaskar is hello for Marathi
Both are indian languages!
Thanks for this wonderful giveaway. Bonjour in French is hello and Buongiorno or ciao in Italian.
Aloha Dawn ! I’d love to try for this book, have tried before at other blogs.
Maybe this time (fingers crossed).
Thanks.
BevE
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Góðan daginn. That’s hello in Icelandic.
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moshi moshi is hello in Japanese when you are answering the phone
how about “hi y’all”! that’s the way i was raised saying it…..