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"Part fiction, part travelogue, the narrator of this compelling masterpiece pursues his solitary, eccentric course from England to Italy and beyond, succumbing to the vertiginous unreliability of memory itself. What could possibly connect Stendhal's unrequited love, the artistry of Pisanel...
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Vintage Books,
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| Publisher Address: | London : |
| Publication Dates: | 2002. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: |
English German |
| Series: |
Vintage classics
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| Summary: |
"Part fiction, part travelogue, the narrator of this compelling masterpiece pursues his solitary, eccentric course from England to Italy and beyond, succumbing to the vertiginous unreliability of memory itself. What could possibly connect Stendhal's unrequited love, the artistry of Pisanello, a series of murders by a clandestine organisation, a missing passport, Casanova, the suicide of a dinner companion, stale apple cake, the Great Fire of London, a story by Kafka about a doomed huntsman and a closed-down pizzeria in Verona?"--Book cover. |
| Item Description: | This translation originally published: London: Harvill, 1999. |
| Carrier Form: | 272 pages : illustrations, facsimiles ; 20 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780099448891 (paperback) : 0099448890 (paperback) |
| Index Number: | PT2681 |
| CLC: | I516.45 |
| Call Number: | I516.45/S443-3 |
| Contents: | I. Beyle, or Love is a Madness Most Discreet --- II. All'estero --- III. Dr K. Takes the Waters at Riva --- IV. Il ritorno in patria. |