Innocence: A Novel
Autor Penelope Fitzgeralden Limba Engleză Paperback – 13 oct 2014
The Ridolfi are a Florentine family of long lineage and little money. It is 1955, Italy is still struggling back after the war, and the family, like its decrepit villa and farm, has seen better days. Among the Ridolfi, only eighteen-year-old Chiara shows anything like vitality. But it’s a vitality matched by innocence—a dangerous combination, to herself and to all who love her.
Chiara sets her heart on the bull-headed Salvatore, a brilliant young doctor from the south who resolved long ago to be emotionally dependent on no one. Stymied, she calls on her resourceful English girlfriend, Barney, to help her make the impossible match. And so ensues a comedy of errors, in which guileless lovers, with the best of intentions, considerable charm, and the kindest of instincts, succeed in making one another thoroughly and astonishingly miserable.
“An exquisite mosaic, where every tiny piece is part of a world.” —A. S. Byatt, Threepenny Review
| Toate formatele și edițiile | Preț | Express |
|---|---|---|
| Paperback (2) | 76.31 lei 22-36 zile | +13.39 lei 5-11 zile |
| HarperCollins Publishers – 12 ian 1988 | 76.31 lei 22-36 zile | +13.39 lei 5-11 zile |
| HarperCollins Publishers – 13 oct 2014 | 100.34 lei 22-36 zile |
Preț: 100.34 lei
Nou
Puncte Express: 151
Preț estimativ în valută:
17.76€ • 20.82$ • 15.59£
17.76€ • 20.82$ • 15.59£
Carte disponibilă
Livrare economică 19 ianuarie-02 februarie 26
Preluare comenzi: 021 569.72.76
Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780544359468
ISBN-10: 0544359461
Pagini: 368
Dimensiuni: 135 x 203 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.3 kg
Editura: HarperCollins Publishers
Colecția Harper Paperbacks
Locul publicării:United States
ISBN-10: 0544359461
Pagini: 368
Dimensiuni: 135 x 203 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.3 kg
Editura: HarperCollins Publishers
Colecția Harper Paperbacks
Locul publicării:United States
V-ar putea interesa
-
Human VoicesPenelope FitzgeraldPreț: 68.02 lei -
At Freddie'sPenelope FitzgeraldPreț: 74.79 lei -
The Bookshop. Film Tie-InPenelope FitzgeraldPreț: 71.48 lei -
The TestamentsMargaret Atwood-18%Preț: 114.57 lei140.48 lei -
-53%Preț: 73.15 lei155.80 lei -
Die BuchhandlungPenelope FitzgeraldPreț: 56.88 lei -
Das CollegePenelope FitzgeraldPreț: 70.09 lei -
Die blaue BlumePenelope FitzgeraldPreț: 73.28 lei -
Deputy Keeper of Public Records in Ireland : appendix VI to twenty-first reportDeputy Keeper of Public Records in IrelandPreț: 387.21 lei -
Outlines of the Earth's HistoryNathaniel Southgate ShalerPreț: 296.05 lei -
Experience in the Supreme Court of the United StatesA. H. GarlandPreț: 292.40 lei -
Railway EconomicsHarry Turner NewcombPreț: 148.70 lei
Recenzii
"Clever and dangerously beguiling." The Los Angeles Times
"As intoxicating as a shot of aged brandy . . . a true sensualist's feeling for Italy." The Washington Post
"The fullest and richest of her novels." Time Magazine —
"As intoxicating as a shot of aged brandy . . . a true sensualist's feeling for Italy." The Washington Post
"The fullest and richest of her novels." Time Magazine —
Notă biografică
PENELOPE FITZGERALD wrote many books small in size but enormous in popular and critical acclaim over the past two decades. Over 300,000 copies of her novels are in print, and profiles of her life appeared in both The New Yorker and The New York Times Magazine. In 1979, her novel Offshore won Britain's Booker Prize, and in 1998 she won the National Book Critics Circle Prize for The Blue Flower. Though Fitzgerald embarked on her literary career when she was in her 60's, her career was praised as "the best argument ... for a publishing debut made late in life" (New York Times Book Review). She told the New York Times Magazine, "In all that time, I could have written books and I didn't. I think you can write at any time of your life." Dinitia Smith, in her New York Times Obituary of May 3, 2000, quoted Penelope Fitzgerald from 1998 as saying, "I have remained true to my deepest convictions, I mean to the courage of those who are born to be defeated, the weaknesses of the strong, and the tragedy of misunderstandings and missed opportunities, which I have done my best to treat as comedy, for otherwise how can we manage to bear it?"
Descriere
Descriere de la o altă ediție sau format:
A new edition of the Booker Prize winner Penelope Fitzgerald's best-loved novel of romance in post-war Italy, with a new introduction by Julian Barnes.
A new edition of the Booker Prize winner Penelope Fitzgerald's best-loved novel of romance in post-war Italy, with a new introduction by Julian Barnes.