Con Brio by Brina Svit
In a brasserie just off the Boulevard St Germain, a distinguished novelist watches, entranced, the motions of a young woman's hands folding a restaurant bill into a paper boat. This passing observation - slim fingers against a white linen tablecloth - provides the springboard for a compelling story of desire and jealousy in Brina Svit's explosive new novel, Con Brio. The respected author's comfortable life vanishes the instant he admires this strange woman's hands; the discipline of forty productive years dissolves. On an impulse he proposes to her. She answers without hesitation: yes, she will marry him, but on her terms. She will live with him, but they are to remain strangers. Soon Kati has driven Tibor's housekeeper, secretary and even his cat from his home. And as she continues to hold Tibor at arms' length, he goes from being a cool observer of the chaos she creates, to a man driven wild by passion and jealousy. With a brutality offset only by the elegance and subtlety of Svit's writing. Con Brio - like Death in Venice before it - dramatises the ruinous consequences of sexual obsession.
Con Brio explores the different ways men and women experience love, desire, absolute devotion, and the mystery each has for the other Jean-Luc Douin, Le Monde; Con Brio consumes us like a bout of fever..Disconcerting and brilliant. Give it to your best friend Elle
Brina Svit was born in Slovenia in 1959, and divides her time between Paris and Slovenia. She works as a journalist, screenwriter and director, and has written three novels. Con Brio is her first novel to be translated into English.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781860468575 |
| ISBN 10 | 1860468578 |
| Title | Con Brio |
| Author | Brina Svit |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2002-07-18 |
| Number of pages | 176 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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