{"product_id":"casanova-in-bolzano-paperback","title":"Casanova in Bolzano - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSandor Marai\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnother rediscovered masterpiece from the Hungarian novelist whose \u003cb\u003eEmbers\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ebecame 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, \u003cb\u003eCasanova in Bolzano\u003c\/b\u003e is further proof that S ndor M rai is one of the most distinctive voices of the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnother rediscovered masterpiece from the author of \"Embers: an erotically charged novel-written within the framework of historical reality-about Casanova's fateful encounter with the woman who finally defeats him. \u003cbr\u003eIn 1756 Giacomo Casanova escaped from the dreaded cells of Venice's most infamous jail: it is at this moment that Sandor Marai begins his story. Stopping to rest at the Italian village of Bolzano, Casanova secures a loan to rebuild his life, and resumes his art of seduction. But there is another reason he has come to this particular village: the memory of a duel he fought long ago with the duke of Parma over a girl named Francesca. Casanova lost the fight; Francesca became the duke's wife; and the duke spared Casanova's life on condition that he never set eyes on her again. The village of Bolzano is part of the duke's lands. Now an old man, the duke arrives at the inn with a love letter he has intercepted from his wife to Casanova. He could kill Casanova on the spot but instead makes him an irresistible offer, one that will ultimately be the downfall of the notorious lover. \u003cbr\u003eBrimming with the richness and psychological tension that made \"Embers an international best seller, \"Casanova in Bolzano is further proof that Sandor Marai stands among the twentieth century's greatest literary voices. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"From the Hardcover edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eS疣dor M疵ai was born in Kassa, in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, in 1900, and died in San Diego, California, in 1989. He rose to fame as one of the leading literary novelists in Hungary in the 1930s. Profoundly antifascist, he survived the war, but persecution by the Communists drove him from the country in 1948, first to Italy, then to the United States. His novel \u003ci\u003eEmbers\u003c\/i\u003e was published for the first time in English in 2001. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eS疣dor M疵ai's \u003ci\u003eEmbers\u003c\/i\u003e is available in Vintage paperback. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTranslated from the Hungarian by George Szirtes\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.68 x 8.02 x 5.32 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 08, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42695233929279,"sku":"9780375712968","price":20.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/b43116e8541321eeface321f0759d318.webp?v=1765003072","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/casanova-in-bolzano-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}