Italian Fever A Novel
Synopsis
'An absolute joy to read...a novel that is part love story, part ghost story, and a wholly enjoyable and intelligent summer read' Amanda Craig, New StatesmanThirtysomething New Yorker Lucy Stark leads a quiet, solitary life working for a bestselling - but remarkably untalented - writer. When he dies at a villa in Tuscany, Lucy flies to Italy to settle his affairs. What begins asa grim chore soon threatens her self-reliance and her very sense of reality.In Italian Fever, Valerie Martin evokes a modern woman's headlong tumble into a world where E.M.Forster's angels feared to tread. Smart and sophisticated, this novel takes us on a journey from which we return, like Lucy, utterly changed.
Book details
- Series:
- G. K. Hall Core Ser.
- Author:
- Valerie Martin
- ISBN:
- 9781780222639
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780753818589
- Publisher:
- Orion
- Pages:
- 256
- Reading age:
- Not specified
- Includes images:
- No
- Date of addition:
- 2021-03-22
- Usage restrictions:
- Copyright
- Copyright date:
- 2000
- Copyright by:
- Valerie Martin
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
-
English
- Categories:
-
Literature and Fiction