Falling Palace by Dan Hofstadter

Falling Palace by Dan Hofstadter

Weaving the intrigue of a romance with the haunting evocation of a legendary Mediterranean city, Dan Hofstadter reveals Naples to us. He is our guide to its decaying architectural beauty - the falling palace of his dreams; the conversations that start in the cafes and continue into the night; the countless curio shops where treasures mingle with kitsch. And he brings to life on the page his Neapolitan friends, people whose gestures and superstitions seem as old as Vesuvius: chief among them, Benedetta, the object of his fascination and affections, and, like her home city, at once inviting and unfathomable.

The city prevails on every page.. literally breathtaking. -- Shirley Hazzard * New York Times *
Hypnotic and heartbreaking, Falling Palace had me shouting Napoli Saluto all over again. * Sunday Times *
Sensational ... a tale of pure, absorbing delightfulness. Like the literary love-child of Eco and Baedeker, he delights and informs in equal measure. * Sunday Telegraph *
Hypnotic and heartbreaking, Dan Hofstadter's Falling Palace, a memoir of a failed Neapolitan love affair, afforded the year's most tenderly wrought prose. -- Christopher Bray * New Statesman *

Dan Hofstadter is the author of three previous books, most recently The Love Affair as a Work of Art. He lives in the United States and was for eight years a regular contributor to The New Yorker.

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ISBN 13	9781861974501
ISBN 10	1861974507
Title	Falling Palace
Author	Dan Hofstadter
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Profile Books Ltd
Year published	2007-02-01
Number of pages	272
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