Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer
1) La Superba
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English
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A joy to read, La Superba, winner of the most prestigious Dutch literary prize, is a Rabelaisian, stylistic tour-de-force. Migration, legal and illegal, is at the center of this novel about a writer who becomes trapped in his walk on the wild side in mysterious and exotic Genoa, the labyrinthine port city nicknamed "La Superba."
Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer (b. 1968), poet, dramatist, novelist, renowned in the Netherlands as a master of language, is the...
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Language
Español
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Mientras se documenta para un libro sobre el turismo de masas, un escritor llamado Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer sufre una dolorosa ruptura sentimental y decide dejarlo todo para poner orden en sus recuerdos. El lugar que elige para su retiro es el Grand Hotel Europa, un establecimiento de pasado ilustre y futuro incierto habitado por un elenco de personajes estrambóticos. El autor se impone la tarea de reconstruir por escrito su explosiva relación con...
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Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"A writer takes up residence in the stately but decaying Grand Hotel Europa in order to contemplate where things went wrong with Clio--an art historian and the love of his life. His recollections take him back to when they first met in Genoa, his wanton visits to her in Venice, and their dulcet trips to Malta, Palmaria, Portovenere, and the Cinque Terre in their thrilling search for the last painting made by Caravaggio. Meanwhile, he becomes fascinated...