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Passion: A Novel (Paperback)

by Igino U. Tarchetti (Author), Lawrence Venuti (Translator)
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  • Paperback: 216 pages
  • Publisher: Mercury House (1 Jan 1994)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1562790641
  • ISBN-13: 978-1562790646
  • Product Dimensions: 22.4 x 13.5 x 1.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 806,362 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Describes a romantic triangle set in nineteenth-century Italy involving Giorgio, an Italian army officer, Clara, a young married woman, and Fosca, who suffers from a fatal disease.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The ultimate "Fatal Attraction", 23 Jun 2001
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In this unlikely love triangle, set in 19th century Italy, "The Beauty and the Beast" is being turned upside down and inside out and then some...

Giorgio, a young army officer and the very image of male beauty, is being transferred away form his beautiful (married) lover Clara and sent to a small garrison somewhere in Piemont. There - initially much to his horror - Fosca, his commander's grotesquely ugly cousin, develops an obsessive love for him. He suffers her passionate and demanding displays of affection out of pity and concern for her health (she is gravely ill), but at the same time becomes increasingly fascinated by her - until the dramatic finale...

Do not miss this most unusual love story, as twisted as it may sound. Read the book, buy the video, go see the musical!

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