The Light in Between
Marella Caracciolo Chia
ISBN 10: 1906548277 ISBN 13: 9781906548278
Verlag: Pushkin, 2010
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Beschreibung
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In June 1916 Princess Vittoria Colonna met the Futurist painter Umberto Boccioni. Their love affair was brief but intense: on August 17th Boccioni died following a fall from his horse. The last letter he received from Vittoria was found in his wallet. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 454206
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A collection of letters hidden for almost a century is all that remains of the relationship between a restless noblewoman and a tormented painter, brought to passionate life in this novel
Princess Vittoria Colonna met the Futurist painter Umberto Boccioni in June 1916. Their love affair was intense but brief?on August 17, Boccioni died following a fall from his horse. The last letter he had received from Vittoria was found in his wallet. Featuring a Roman princess, a major 20th-century artist, unbridled passion, World War I, and a tragic accident, this fascinating story is full of romance and sweeping drama. Their letters provide the basis for not only a story of a great love, but also the portrait of a remote world and time that the author has reconstructed in all its wonder.
Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor:
Marella Caracciolo Chia is the author of Il Giardino di Ninfa and Inside Rome.
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Bibliografische Details
Titel: The Light in Between
Verlag: Pushkin
Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
Einband: Paperback
Zustand: Good