The Italian Lover
Author(s): Robert Hellenga
Margot Harrington's memoir about her discovery in Florence of a priceless masterwork of Renaissance erotica - and the misguided love affair it inspired - is now, 25 years later, being made into a film.
Margot, with the help of her lover, Woody, writes a script that she thinks will validate her life. Of course, their script is not used, but never mind - happy endings are the best endings for films, as Margot eventually comes to see.
At the former convent in Florence where The Sixteen Pleasures - now called The Italian Lover - is being filmed, Margot enters into a drama she never imagined, where her ideas of home, love, art and aging collide with the imperatives of commerce and the unknowability of other cultures and other people.
General Information
- :
- : Little Brown & Company
- : 106040
- : 0.33
- : 09 February 2009
- : books
Other Specifications
- : Robert Hellenga
- : Paperback
- : 4-Sep
- : English
- : 304