The Italian Lover
Author | : Robert Hellenga |
Publisher | : Hachette+ORM |
Total Pages | : 227 |
Release | : 2007-09-24 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780316026307 |
ISBN-13 | : 0316026301 |
Rating | : 4/5 (07 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Italian Lover written by Robert Hellenga and published by Hachette+ORM. This book was released on 2007-09-24 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exhilarating novel of romance, art, and food in Florence, featuring the beloved Margot Harrington, who graced Robert Hellenga's The Sixteen Pleasures. Margot Harrington's memoir about her discovery in Florence of a priceless masterwork of Renaissance erotica -- and the misguided love affair it inspired - is now, 25 years later, being made into a movie. Margot, with the help of her lover, Woody, writes a script that she thinks will validate her life. Of course their script is not used, but never mind -- happy endings are the best endings for movies, as Margot eventually comes to see. At the former convent in Florence where The Sixteen Pleasures -- now called The Italian Lover - - is being filmed, Margot enters into a drama she never imagined, where her ideas of home, love, art, and aging collide with the imperatives of commerce and the unknowability of other cultures and other people.