TheBirthofVenus:ANovel
作者： Sarah Dunant 著
出版社： RandomHousePublishingGroup
出版时间： 2004-11
ISBN： 9780812968972
定价： 134.20
装帧： 平装
页数： 448页
正文语种： 英语
分类： 国学古籍>综合性图书
内容简介:
AlessandraCecchiisnotquitefifteenwhenherfather,aprosperousclothmerchant,bringsayoungpainterbackfromnorthernEuropetodecoratethechapelwallsinthefamily’sFlorentinepalazzo.AchildoftheRenaissance,withaprecociousmindandatalentfordrawing,Alessandraisintoxicatedbythepainter’sabilities.
ButtheirburgeoningrelationshipisinterruptedwhenAlessandra’sparentsarrangehermarriagetoawealthy,mucholderman.Meanwhile,Florenceischanging,increasinglysubjecttothegrowingsuppressionimposedbythefundamentalistmonkSavonarola,whoisseizingreligiousandpoliticalcontrol.AlessandraandhernativecityarecaughtbetweentheMedicistate,withitsloveofluxury,learning,anddazzlingart,andthehellfirepreachingandincreasingviolenceofSavonarola’sreactionaryfollowers.Playedoutagainstthisturbulentbackdrop,Alessandra’smarriedlifeisamisery,exceptforthesurprisingfreedomitallowshertopursueherpowerfulattractiontotheyoungpainterandhisart.
TheBirthofVenusisatourdeforce,thefirsthistoricalnovelfromoneofBritain’smostinnovativewritersofliterarysuspense.ItbringsalivethehistoryofFlorenceatitsmostdramaticperiod,tellingacompulsivelyabsorbingstoryoflove,art,religion,andpowerthroughthepassionatevoiceofAlessandra,aheroinewiththesamevibrancyofspiritasherbelovedcity.
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作者简介:
SarahDunanthaswritteneightnovelsandeditedtwobooksofessays.Shehasworkedwidelyinprint,television,andradio,anduntilrecentlyhostedtheleadingBBCRadioartsprogram,NightWaves.Nowafull-timewriter,sheisadaptinghernovelsTransgressionsandMappingtheEdgeforthescreen.DunanthastwochildrenandlivesinLondonandFlorence.
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