Meeting in Positano von Goliarda Sapienza

A Novel
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ISBN: 978-1-63542-043-2
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In this charming, deeply atmospheric novel set against the Amalfi Coast of the 1950s, two women form an intense and lasting friendship that embodies the paradoxes of Italian society.

 
Inspired by her own adventurous, unconventional life, actress and writer Goliarda Sapienza’s recently rediscovered novel takes the reader to the sun-drenched town of Positano in southern Italy. There, while working on a film, Goliarda encounters the captivating Erica, a beautiful widow called “Princess” by the locals, who has been the object of much speculation. As the two women grow closer in spite of their different personalities, they gradually reveal more about their thoughts, feelings, and experiences, and the ghosts from their pasts that continue to hang over them.
 
Writing the story of their transformative friendship thirty years later, Goliarda offers a profound reflection on love in its many forms, and opens a window onto an enchanting time and place that lingers in the mind. And this unlikely bond, forged between a leftist idealist and a traditional aristocrat, acts as a microcosm of Italy, illuminating its complex, competing impulses.137269636
BUSTLE BEST BOOK OF THE WEEK PICK 
NAMED A BOOKSHOP.ORG RECOMMENDED READING OF THE SEASON


In this charming, deeply atmospheric novel set against the Amalfi Coast of the 1950s, two women form an intense and lasting friendship that embodies the paradoxes of Italian society.

 
Inspired by her own adventurous, unconventional life, actress and writer Goliarda Sapienza’s recently rediscovered novel takes the reader to the sun-drenched town of Positano in southern Italy. There, while working on a film, Goliarda encounters the captivating Erica, a beautiful widow called “Princess” by the locals, who has been the object of much speculation. As the two women grow closer in spite of their different personalities, they gradually reveal more about their thoughts, feelings, and experiences, and the ghosts from their pasts that continue to hang over them.
 
Writing the story of their transformative friendship thirty years later, Goliarda offers a profound reflection on love in its many forms, and opens a window onto an enchanting time and place that lingers in the mind. And this unlikely bond, forged between a leftist idealist and a traditional aristocrat, acts as a microcosm of Italy, illuminating its complex, competing impulses.137269636
AutorSapienza, Goliarda / Moore, Brian Robert
EinbandKartonierter Einband (Kt)
Erscheinungsjahr2021
Seitenangabe256 S.
LieferstatusLieferbar in ca. 20-45 Arbeitstagen
AusgabekennzeichenEnglisch
CoverlagOther Press (Imprint/Brand)
VerlagRandom House N.Y.

Über den Autor Goliarda Sapienza

Goliarda Sapienza (1924-1996), geboren in Catania, ist die Tochter zweier berühmter Vorkämpfer der sozialistischen Bewegung in Italien. Sehr freigeistig erzogen, geht sie sechzehnjährig nach Rom an die Schauspielschule, wird, wie ihre Eltern, von den Faschisten verfolgt, kämpft im Widerstand. Nach dem Krieg wird sie als Theaterschauspielerin gefeiert und spielt in Filmen wie Luchino Viscontis "Senso" mit. 1950 beginnt sie zu schreiben. Von 1967 bis 1976 arbeitet sie an ihrem großen Roman "Die Kunst der Freude", verarmt dabei vollkommen und begeht einen Diebstahl, der sie in das römische Frauengefängnis Rebibbia bringt. Ihre Erfahrungen dort hat sie in einem Tagebuch festgehalten, das posthum erstmals erschien.Esther Hansen, diplomierte Übersetzerin, übertrug unter anderen Daria Bignardi, Nino Filastò, Marcello Fois, Francesca Melandri, Goliarda Sapienza, Susanna Tamaro und Carmine Abate ins Deutsche. 2008 wurde sie mit dem Förderpreis des Deutsch-Italienischen Übersetzerpreises ausgezeichnet.Constanze Neumann, geboren in Leipzig, hat mehrere Jahre auf Sizilien gelebt und unter anderen Valeria Parrella, Andrej Longo und Simona Vinci aus dem Italienischen übersetzt.Antonia Baum ist Journalistin und Schriftstellerin. Zuletzt erschienen von ihr "Stilleben" (2018) und ein Buch über Eminem (2020).

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