The young bride : a novel
Baricco, Alessandro (1958-)
The young bride : a novel / Alessandro Baricco, translated from the Italian by Ann Goldstein. - New York, NY : Europa Editions , 2016. - 174 p. ; 21 cm
The hand of the young woman in question has been promised to the scion of a noble family. She is to make her preparations for marriage at the family's villa, where the inhabitants never seem to sleep. The atmosphere turns surreal as the days pass and her presence on the family estate begins to make itself felt on her future in-laws. In this erotically charged and magical novel, Alessandro Baricco portrays a cast of mysterious characters who exist outside of the rules of causation as he tells a story, an adult fable, about fate and the difficult job of confronting the Other and creating an Us.
Translated from the Italian to English.
9781609453343
Brides ----Fiction
Families----Fiction
FIC BAR
The young bride : a novel / Alessandro Baricco, translated from the Italian by Ann Goldstein. - New York, NY : Europa Editions , 2016. - 174 p. ; 21 cm
The hand of the young woman in question has been promised to the scion of a noble family. She is to make her preparations for marriage at the family's villa, where the inhabitants never seem to sleep. The atmosphere turns surreal as the days pass and her presence on the family estate begins to make itself felt on her future in-laws. In this erotically charged and magical novel, Alessandro Baricco portrays a cast of mysterious characters who exist outside of the rules of causation as he tells a story, an adult fable, about fate and the difficult job of confronting the Other and creating an Us.
Translated from the Italian to English.
9781609453343
Brides ----Fiction
Families----Fiction
FIC BAR
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