The Floating Book by Mr Lovric
Venice, 1468. Sosia Simeon, a free spirit with a strange predilection for books and Venetians is making her particular mark on the fabled city. On the other side of the Grand Canal, Wendelin von Speyer from Germany is setting up the first printing press in Venice and looking for the book that will make his fortune. A love triangle develops between Sosia, Wendelin's young editor, and the seductive scribe Felice Feliciano, a man who loves the crevices of the alphabet the way other men love the crevices of women. Before long, a dark magic begins to haunt Sosia and the printers: an obsessive nun and a book-hating priest conspire against them, and soon their fate hangs in the balance. For binding them all together is the poet Catullus - whose desperate and unrequited love inspired the most tender erotic poems of antiquity.
'Of all the fictional lives of 2002, none is so covetable as that of Cecilia Cornaro' Times 'A lavish description of a sensual education that drips detail & drama' Elle 'Part love story, part lesson in aesthetics, part history lesson, this is a fascinating book' Tatler 'A truly sensual glide' LSt Aubin De Teran 'A dazzling baroque tale' Sun Tribune '..has brought Venice to life in all of its..glory' Hist. Nov Soc 'Elegant with witty turns of phrase' Melbourne Age Review 'Breathtaking' Marlena de Blasi, author of A Thousand Days in Venice 'Of all the fictional lives of 2002, none is so covetable as that of Cecilia Cornaro' Times 'A lavish description of a sensual education that drips detail & drama' Elle 'Part love story, part lesson in aesthetics, part history lesson, this is a fascinating book' Tatler 'A truly sensual glide' L. St Aubin De Teran 'A dazzling baroque tale' Sun Tribune '..has brought Venice to life in all of its..glory' Hist. Nov Soc 'Elegant with witty turns of phrase' Melbourne Age Review
Born in Australia of Serbian-Irish ancestry, Michelle Lovric is the author of CARNEVALE and a number of internationally bestselling anthologies, including LOVE LETTERS: AN ANTHOLOGY OF PASSION. She lives in London and Venice.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781844080038 |
| ISBN 10 | 184408003X |
| Title | The Floating Book |
| Author | Mr Lovric |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Year published | 2003-05-01 |
| Number of pages | 496 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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