| The Sadness of Antonioni Contributor(s): Lentricchia, Frank (Author) |
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ISBN: 1438439121 ISBN-13: 9781438439129 Publisher: Excelsior Editions/State University of New Yo OUR PRICE: $22.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2011003854 |
| Physical Information: 0.61" H x 5.57" W x 8.51" (0.69 lbs) 255 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Part Mafia murder mystery, part novel of ideas, but most of all a love story, The Sadness of Antonioni follows Hank Morelli, a young assistant professor of film who is obsessed with Antonioni's L'Avventura. As he embarks on an unlikely romance with a Wendy's cashier, he is also drawn into the mystery of his grandfather's underworld connections and tempted by his department chair and his department chair's mysterious girlfriend, Nadia, to take part in a monstrous film project they are planning. Haunted throughout by the terror of time's raw present without exit, The Sadness of Antonioni is an American adventure in the Antonioni vein--visually rich and emotionally mysterious--in which an unlikely young couple navigates the difficult waters of their relationship, each suffering the remnants of a violent past that must be resolved if they hope to stay together. Heartrending and unsparing, yet with a persistent comic vein, this is Frank Lentricchia's seventh and most ambitious and disturbing novel to date. |