Casanova in Bolzano
of Sándor Márai, George Szirtes (Translator)
Description
Another rediscovered masterpiece from the Hungarian novelist whose Embers became an international bestseller--a sensuous, suspenseful, aphoristic novel about the world's most notorious seducer and the encounter that changes him forever. In 1756 Giacomo Casanova escapes from a Venetian prison and resurfaces in the Italian village of Bolzano. Here he receives an unwelcome visitor: the aging but still fearsome Duke of Parma, who years before had defeated Casanova in a duel over a ravishing girl named Francesca and spared his life on condition that he never see her again. Now the duke has taken Francesca as his wife--and intercepted a love letter from her to his old rival. Rather than kill Casanova on the spot, he makes him a startling offer, one that is logical, perverse, and irresistible. Turning an historical episode into a dazzling fictional exploration of the clasp of desire and death, Casanova in Bolzano is further proof that Sándor Márai is one of the most distinctive voices of the twentieth century.
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Book Details
- Format Paperback
- Pages 294 pages
- Publisher Vintage
- Publication Date November 8th 2005
- First Publication 10/30/40
- Language English
- ISBN 9780375712968
- Edition Not informed
- Category Fiction
- Scenario ['Bolzano (Italy)']
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