| Description |
159 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
| Note |
"First published in Italian as La stanza del Vescovo. Copyright © 1976"-- Title page verso. |
| Summary |
Summer 1946. World War Two has just come to an end and there's a yearning for renewal. A man in his thirties is sailing on Lake Maggiore in northern Italy, hoping to put off the inevitable return to work. Dropping anchor in a small, fashionable port, he meets the enigmatic owner of a nearby villa who invites him home for dinner with his older wife and beautiful widowed sister-in-law. The sailor is intrigued by the elegant waterside mansion, staffed with servants and imbued with mystery, and stays in a guest room previously occupied by a now deceased bishop related to his host. The two men form an uneasy bond, recognizing in each other a shared taste for idling and erotic adventure. But suddenly tragedy puts an end to their revels and shatters the tranquility of the villa. A sultry, stylish psychological thriller executed with supreme literary finesse. |
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Rich people -- Fiction.
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Nineteen forties -- Fiction.
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Men -- Sexual behavior -- Fiction.
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Man-woman relationships -- Fiction.
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Maggiore, Lake (Italy and Switzerland) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
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Italy -- History -- 1945- -- Fiction.
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| Genre |
Psychological fiction.
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Thrillers (Fiction)
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Historical fiction.
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| Added Author |
Foulston, Jill, translator.
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| Added Title |
Stanza del Vescovo. English.
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| ISBN |
9781939931740 (paperback) |
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1939931746 (paperback) |
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