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The Portrait
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 345

The Portrait

'A gripping story of love, death, art and deceit' - Sofka Zinovieff, author of Putney An internationally renowned writer, Valeria Costas has dedicated her life to her work and to her secret lover, Martìn Acla, a prominent businessman. When his sudden stroke makes headlines, her world implodes; the idea of losing him is terrifying. Desperate to find a way to be present during her lover's final days, Valeria commissions his artist wife, Isla, to paint her portrait - insinuating herself into Martìn's family home and life. In the grand, chaotic London mansion where the man they share - husband, father, lover - lies in a coma, Valeria and Isla remain poised on the brink, transfixed by one anoth...

The Portrait
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 432

The Portrait

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2020-04-28
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  • Publisher: Unknown

Ambiguous, electrifying story of a lover, a wife - and the man they have in common.

The Portrait
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 432

The Portrait

“Electric. A wildly astute plunge into the depths of love, rivalry, betrayal and the power of women.”—Bill Clegg An internationally renowned writer, Valeria Costas has dedicated her life to her work and to her secret lover, Martìn Acla, a prominent businessman. When his sudden stroke makes headlines, her world implodes; the idea of losing him is terrifying. Desperate to find a way to be present during her lover's final days, Valeria commissions his artist wife, Isla, to paint her portrait—insinuating herself into Martìn's family home and life. In the grand, chaotic London mansion where the man they share—husband, father, lover—lies in a coma, Valeria and Isla remain poised on t...

The Girls Are Good
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 190

The Girls Are Good

In the tradition of My Dark Vanessa and The Divines, a bold coming-of-age novel set in the competitive, high stakes and controversial world of elite gymnastics

La fine dell'amore
  • Language: it
  • Pages: 257

La fine dell'amore

Di cosa parliamo quando parliamo d’amore? E’ ancora possibile dire qualcosa di nuovo? In questi tredici racconti si parla della mortalità di una cucina Ikea, dell’eventualità che un amante svanisca tra le piastrelle del bagno, dell’improvvisa paura di non conoscere chi ami, dell’invenzione di una gatta sbagliata e di un lungo viaggio verso nord per scoprire ciò che serve davvero per avere un figlio. Dell’impossibilità di volere un uomo che ti ama anche se hai i capelli sporchi. Della possibilità che una ragazzina e un uomo adulto possano innamorarsi. Di un serial killer. Senza ricorrere alla scorciatoia dell’erotismo e del tipico sentimentalismo di genere, Ilaria Bernardini indaga con una scrittura precisa, intensa e originale, la fine, ma anche l’inizio e la fatica, dell’amore. Un’anatomia moderna del bisogno più diffuso e misterioso del mondo.

Ero | Le nuove Eroidi
  • Language: it
  • Pages: 16

Ero | Le nuove Eroidi

Le nuove Eroidi è un libro che nasce dall'idea di chiedere a otto grandi scrittrici italiane contemporanee di reinterpretare il classico di Ovidio. Ognuna di loro ha scelto un'eroina del mito, raccontandola in base alla sua sensibilità, trasportandola ai nostri giorni o lasciandola nell'antichità, giocando con talento e originalità con le versioni originarie. Ne è nato un libro che, mostrando il valore sempre attuale e sovversivo dei classici, ha messo al centro la prospettiva femminile, con una breve collezione di storie intense e universali sospese tra modernità ed eternità. In questo eBook, Ilaria Bernardini reinventa il dramma di Ero e Leandro, trasportando gli infelici amanti su due barconi, nel Mediterraneo.

L'inizio di tutte le cose
  • Language: it
  • Pages: 141

L'inizio di tutte le cose

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2015
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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We Will Be Forest
  • Language: en

We Will Be Forest

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2024-06-13
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Homosexuality in Italian Literature, Society, and Culture, 1789-1919
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 285

Homosexuality in Italian Literature, Society, and Culture, 1789-1919

Homosexuality, bisexuality, transvestitism, and trans-genders represented new ideas, customs, and mentalities which shattered nineteenth-century Italy. At this time, Italy was a state in the making, with a growing population, a fading aristocracy, and new urban classes entering the scene. While still an extremely Catholic country, atheism and secularization slowly undermined the old, traditional morality, with literature and poetry endorsing innovative fashions coming from abroad. Laxity mixed with perversion, while new forms of sexuality mirrored the immense changes taking place in a society that, since time immemorial, was dominated by the Church and by a rigid class system. This was a rev...

The Bachelorette Party
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 266

The Bachelorette Party

‘Sharp writing... great plot’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ NetGalley Reviewer ‘[I] couldn’t put it down. A twisty read [and] I had no clue’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ NetGalley Reviewer The locked-room thriller that will keep you up all night. Perfect for fans of Ruth Ware and Lucy Foley.