A magical tale of love and rivalry between two brothers.
Miguel is beautiful. His beauty is so rare and miraculous that it has made him the object of cult-like devotion in the city. Santiago, his older brother, watches with a mix of admiration and disquiet the prodigious effect that Miguel’s looks have on his mother and father, on passersby, their neighbors, and the droves of female suitors that follow him everywhere. He loves his little brother but ends up living in his shadow. With Miguel constantly under the spotlight, Santiago is left to inhabit darker, hidden places, from where he will finally learn that life is not easy for anyone, even his prodigiously handsome brother.
Set in Mexico, this story shines at every turn with the mythical light of magical realism. The conflict between brothers, the role of the parents, the loves, the violence, the journeys are presented with realism and deep psychological insight yet possess an aura of legend. Disappointments, flights, regrets, reunions, goodbyes, epiphanies make up this story, as we follow the two brothers, their family, the women they love, and the people around them—all forever marked, each in their own way, by their extraordinary encounter with Beauty.
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Massimo Cuomo was born in Venice in 1974 and lives in Portogruaro, in a house that is closer to the countryside than to the city. He is the author of three novels and teaches creative writing to inmates of the Rieti prison in Italy. Beautiful is his first book to appear in English.
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Zustand: New. Über den AutorrnrnMassimo Cuomo was born in Venice in 1974 and lives in Portogruaro, in a house that is closer to the countryside than to the city. He is the author of three novels and teaches creative writing to inmates of the Ri. Artikel-Nr. 316791931
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - La magica storia dell'amore e della rivalità tra due fratelli. Miguel è bellissimo, di una bellezza rara e miracolosa che sin dalla nascita scatena un culto appassionato in tutta la popolazione della città. Il fratello maggiore Santiago assiste ammirato e intimorito alle prodigiose reazioni che la bellezza dell'altro suscita nel padre e nella madre, nei passanti, nelle vicine di casa che affollano il cortile, nelle pretendenti smaniose che lo incalzano ovunque. Ama il fratello più piccolo ma finisce per diventarne l'ombra. Così come Miguel cattura sempre la luce dei riflettori, a Santiago tocca invece il buio degli angoli nascosti. Gli sguardi delle donne sono tutti per il fratello, la sua bellezza mantiene in secondo piano ogni aspetto dell'esistenza del primogenito. La vita tuttavia non fa sconti a nessuno e anche Miguel dovrà, attraverso un faticoso apprendistato, cercare la via per un rapporto maturo con gli altri. Il romanzo è ambientato in Messico, uno scenario che illumina la storia dei colori del realismo magico. Tutti gli eventi sembrano risplendere di una luce mitica e leggendaria. La storia si snoda fra dispiaceri, fughe, rimorsi, ritrovamenti, abbandoni e illuminazioni, mentre seguiamo le vicende dei due fratelli, dei genitori, delle donne amate, degli abitanti del posto, tutti in modo diverso travolti e segnati per sempre da questo straordinario incontro con la Bellezza. Artikel-Nr. 9781609455811
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