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The invisible city / Emili Rosales ; translated by Martha Tennent.

By:

Rosales, Emili

Contributor(s):

Tennent, Martha

Publication details: Richmond, U.K. : Alma Books , 2009.Description: 261 p. ; 20 cmISBN:

9781846880902

Uniform titles:

La Ciutat invisible . English

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

FIC ROS

LOC classification:

PC3942.28.O73 C5713 2009

Summary: At the start of this absorbing literary mystery, Rosales's first novel to be translated into English, Barcelona art gallery owner Emili Rossell receives an 18th-century Italian manuscript titled Memoirs of the Invisible City by an architect named Andrea Roselli. The manuscript concerns the efforts of Charles III, the Spanish king who reigned from 1759 to 1788, to construct a new capital on the coast south of Barcelona, where by chance Emili grew up. Excerpts from Andrea's memoirs reveal that for reasons unknown the king's scheme was abandoned after completion of only a few building projects. Political intrigues and contraband art figure in both past and present. Andrea possesses something that could ruin his career as royal architect, while Emili is on the watch for a lost Tiepolo. The graceful, flowing prose of the translation well suits the intricate plot and vivid main characters.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Fiction / Ficción	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles	General	FIC ROS (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		012472

At the start of this absorbing literary mystery, Rosales's first novel to be translated into English, Barcelona art gallery owner Emili Rossell receives an 18th-century Italian manuscript titled Memoirs of the Invisible City by an architect named Andrea Roselli. The manuscript concerns the efforts of Charles III, the Spanish king who reigned from 1759 to 1788, to construct a new capital on the coast south of Barcelona, where by chance Emili grew up. Excerpts from Andrea's memoirs reveal that for reasons unknown the king's scheme was abandoned after completion of only a few building projects. Political intrigues and contraband art figure in both past and present. Andrea possesses something that could ruin his career as royal architect, while Emili is on the watch for a lost Tiepolo. The graceful, flowing prose of the translation well suits the intricate plot and vivid main characters.

Translated from the Catalan.

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