- Paperback: 192 pages
- Publisher: Flamingo; (Reissue) edition (23 July 1992)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0006541941
- ISBN-13: 978-0006541943
- Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 12.8 x 1.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 70,206 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Fabrizio Garrone is an impoverished aristocrat who makes his living through translating, and whose cautious existence is marked by his inability to give his heart to anything - not his best friend, not his mistress, not even his own life. This book won the Bugatta Prize.
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The book is elegantly constructed - it begins grounded beautifully in contemporary every day life. As the story develops hero gradually becomes prized away from the world as he sinks into an obsession which remains ambiguous to the end. It is like watching someone sink into quicksand. Wonderful evocative writing.
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Almost Perfect
18 Jan 2001
Format:Paperback
Duranti is a wonderful writer. There were passages so beautifully written that I had to put the book down and go for a walk. The story itself has wonderful potential, but it never really goes anywhere. Worse, once it gets where it does go, you are forced to realize that the characters are not really very deeply drawn. They are Kafka-like in that they seem more symbolic than real. They have no internal logic which makes some behavior reasonable and other behavior odd. I really have no idea why it ended as it did.
I am sure though, that people who like symbolically-driven stories will enjoy this. I will buy other books by Francesca Duranti because she is an amazing writer and because I think that maybe I just missed something crucial within the story which would have made it gel.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
The translator and the woman he invents
3 April 2001
Format:Paperback
Fabrizio translates German books into Italian. One day he finds an unknown book by a little known Austrian writer. This is his chance now to create something original with his translation. Like any good translator, he gets involved with the thought process of the original author. But Fabrizio also gets involved with the life of the Austrian, who died in 1913. Frustration becomes resignation as he becomes the Austrian and thus slowly destroys himself.
Elegant and worthwhile reading.
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