| The Italian Lover Contributor(s): Hellenga, Robert (Author) |
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ISBN: 031611765X ISBN-13: 9780316117654 Publisher: Back Bay Books OUR PRICE: $20.89 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2009 Annotation: Margot Harrington's memoir about her discovery in Florence of a priceless masterwork of Renaissance erotica--and the misguided love affair it inspired--is now, 25 years later, being made into a movie. Margot, with the help of her lover, Woody, writes a script that she thinks will validate her life. Of course their script is not used, but never mind--happy endings are the best endings for movies, as Margot eventually comes to see. At the former convent in Florence where "The Sixteen Pleasures"--now called "The Italian Lover,"--is being filmed, Margot enters into a drama she never imagined, where her ideas of home, love, art, and aging collide with the imperatives of commerce and the unknowability of other cultures and other people. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Romance - Contemporary - Fiction | Historical - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.98" H x 5.48" W x 8.24" (0.71 lbs) 368 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Margot Harrington's memoir about her discovery in Florence of a priceless masterwork of Renaissance erotica--and the misguided love affair it inspired--is now, 25 years later, being made into a movie. Margot, with the help of her lover, Woody, writes a script that she thinks will validate her life. Of course their script is not used, but never mind--happy endings are the best endings for movies, as Margot eventually comes to see. At the former convent in Florence where "The Sixteen Pleasures"--now called "The Italian Lover"--is being filmed, Margot enters into a drama she never imagined, where her ideas of home, love, art, and aging collide with the imperatives of commerce and the unknowability of other cultures and other people. |