| After Hannibal Contributor(s): Unsworth, Barry (Author) |
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ISBN: 0393317706 ISBN-13: 9780393317701 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $21.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 1998 Annotation: From the author of "Sacred Hunger" and "Morality Play" comes this witty and illuminating work of contemporary manners and morals. The region where Hannibal defeated the Romans is now prey to a different type of invasion--outsiders buying land with innocent and not so innocent dreams. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Humorous - General - Fiction | Small Town & Rural |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 96020856 |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 5.03" W x 8.03" (0.65 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Italy |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From the Booker Prize-winning author of Sacred Hunger, a vivid, sinuous, profound, and entirely beguiling venture. --Richard Eder, Los Angeles Times. Set in the beautiful landscape and rich history of Umbria, Italy, Booker Prize-winning author Barry Unsworth has written a witty and illuminating work of contemporary manners and morals. The region where Hannibal defeated the Romans is now prey to a different type of invasion: outsiders buying villas with innocent and not so innocent dreams. Among those clustered along one hillside road are the Greens, a retired American couple seeking serenity; the Chapmans, whose dispute over a wall escalates into a feud of operatic proportions; and Fabio and Arturo, a gay couple who, searching for peace and self-sufficiency, find treachery instead. Add to this mix a wily and corrupt British building expert, and a lawyer who practices subterfuge and plans his client's actions like military strategy, and you have a sharp, entertaining, and satisfyingly bittersweet work. |
Contributor Bio(s): Unsworth, Barry: - Barry Unsworth (1930-2012), who won the Booker Prize for Sacred Hunger, was a Booker Prize finalist for Morality Play and was long-listed for the Man Booker Prize for The Ruby in Her Navel. |