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The Caravaggio Syndrome
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Series: Other Voices of Italy
General FictionGeneral GLBTQIA FictionLiterary Fiction
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ISBN10: 1978839499
ISBN13: 9781978839496
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: Apr 12 2024
Pages: 210
Weight: 0.47
Height: 0.48 Width: 5.10 Depth: 8.01
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781978839496
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: Apr 12 2024
Pages: 210
Weight: 0.47
Height: 0.48 Width: 5.10 Depth: 8.01
Language: English
Leyla is a headstrong Brooklyn-born art historian at a prestigious upstate New York college. When she meets feckless young computer technician Pablo at a party, she quickly becomes pregnant with his child. There's only one problem: she can't stand him. And one more problem: her student Michael wants Pablo for himself.
Amid this love triangle, the objects of Leyla and Michael's study take on a life of their own. Trying to learn more about Caravaggio's masterpiece The Seven Works of Mercy, they pore over the journal and prison writings of maverick 17th-century utopian philosopher Tommaso Campanella, which, as if by enchantment, transport them back four centuries to Naples. And while the past and present miraculously converge, Leyla, Michael, and Tommaso embark on a voyage of self-discovery in search of a new life. In this fusion of historical, queer, and speculative fiction, Alessandro Giardino combines the intellectual playfulness of Umberto Eco with the psychological finesse of Michael Cunningham.Also from
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