La casa sul lago della luna
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Fabrizio Garrone is an impoverished but aristocratic translator who has been living a life of quiet desperation in Milan. He feels underappreciated and tormented by a persistent sense of having been cheated by life. But when he reads about a lost Viennese novel--The House on Moon Lake--in the journals of a late esteemed literary critic, he dreams that this project will put him on the cultural and literary map, and finally bring him the accolades that have eluded him.
Fabrizio journeys to Vienna, tracks down the book, and translates it, and in so doing embarks on a nightmarish search for the truth behind the events depicted in it, as well as for clues about the tragic life of its forgotten author. When asked to write a short biography of the novelist, Fabrizio must invent details missing from the last three years of his subject's life. The resulting biography is a publishing phenomenon. But the repercussions for Fabrizio are profound: he becomes the willing victim of a person he had thought to be fictional.Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1883285879
ISBN13:9781883285876
Release Date:May 2020
Publisher:Delphinium Books
Length:225 Pages
Weight:0.55 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 5.4" x 8.1"
Customer Reviews
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The translator and the woman he invents
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
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.
Almost Perfect
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
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.
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