| The Floating Book Contributor(s): Lovric, Michelle (Author) |
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ISBN: 0060578572 ISBN-13: 9780060578572 Publisher: Harper Perennial OUR PRICE: $14.39 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2005 Annotation: This ravishing historical novel is set in the alleys and canals of 15th-century Venice as the revolution of movable type captivates--and terrifies--the city. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Historical - Renaissance - Fiction | Romance - Historical - Renaissance - Fiction | Political |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2003058400 |
| Physical Information: 1.28" H x 6.82" W x 8.72" (1.36 lbs) 490 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 15th Century - Cultural Region - Italy |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Venice, 1468. Wendelin von Speyer has just arrived from Germany with the foundations of a cultural revolution: Gutenberg's movable type. Together with the young editor Bruno Uguccione and the seductive scribe Felice Feliciano, he starts the city's first printing press. While Bruno and Felice become entwined in an obsessive love triangle with a beautiful Dalmatian woman named Sosia, Wendelin tempts the fates by publishing the first edition of the erotic Roman poems of Catullus -- a move that will enrage the church, scandalize the city, and change all of their lives forever. The Floating Book is a ravishing novel of letters and lust, intrigue and betrayal -- a chillingly beautiful debut that few readers will soon forget. |
Contributor Bio(s): Lovric, Michelle: - Michelle Lovric is the winner of the London Arts Writer's Award, the editor of the New York Times bestseller Love Letters, and the author of the widely acclaimed novel The Floating Book. She divides her time between Venice and London, where she lives in a Venetian-style setting on the Thames near Shakespeare's Globe Theatre. |