Casanova in Bolzano / Sándor Márai ; translated from the Hungarian by George Szirtes
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : A.A. Knopf , 2004.Description: 294 p. ; 20 cmISBN:- 9780375413377
- Vendégjáték Bolzanóban . English
- FIC MAR
- PH3281.M35 V413 2004
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Fiction / Ficción | Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles | General | FIC MAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Expurgado/No disponible | 015916 |
October 31, 1756: the incorrigible playboy and roving gambler Giacomo Casanova escapes from a pestilent Venetian prison. Aiming for Munich, he stops near the Austrian border at an inn in Bolzano. The imperious septuagenarian duke of Parma, Casanova's victorious former rival for the hand of Francesca-then a teenager, now the duchess of Parma, and still in love with Casanova-just happens to live nearby. To prevent another duel, the duke blackmails the legendary womanizer: either he seduces Francesca, breaks her heart and leaves, thereby curing her of the "infection" that is Casanova, or he risks being killed or turned in to the authorities.
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