Casanova in Bolzano: A Novel
by Sandor Marai
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0375413375
- ISBN 13
- 9780375413377
- Seller
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Bristol, Avon, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Beige and red bird with silver lettering to spine. Minor shelf wear to lower spine. Appears unread. Unclipped. Includes LRB bookmark.
Synopsis:
In 1756, after escaping from Venice's most notorious jail, Giacomo Casanova seeks refuge in the Italian village of Bolzano, where he once again embarks on a campaign of seduction, until the notorious lover meets his match at the hands of the woman who will ultimately defeat him. 75,000 first printing.
Review:
"Scintillating. . . . An intricate duel of wits. . . . Casanova in Bolzanoprovides posthumous evidence of Marai's neglected brilliance." -Chicago Tribune
"A novel of philosophical adventure. . . . Suspenseful, ornate, discursive to the verge of synaptic collapse (ours), and witty to the occasional verge of terror. . . . Ingenious."
-The New York Times Book Review
Synopsis
Sándor Márai 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 Embers was published for the first time in English in 2001. Sándor Márai’s Embers is available in Vintage paperback. Translated from the Hungarian by George Szirtes From the Hardcover edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ari Dictum (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 406
- Title
- Casanova in Bolzano: A Novel
- Author
- Sandor Marai
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0375413375
- ISBN 13
- 9780375413377
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2004
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