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Casanova in bolzano is a 1940 novel by sandor marai. The things we do, the things we desire, the things we love, the things we say, all pass away. The novel is a swansong for a time and a world gone by, a final deathknell for the central europe of the austrohungarian. Jun 19, 2019 in, giacomo casanova escapes from prison and flees to bolzano.
Marai captures casanova and his time and world with amazingly rich detail and startling insight. Buy a cheap copy of casanova in bolzano book by sandor marai. Another rediscovered masterpiece from the hungarian novelist w. Casanova in bolzano is marais second novel to receive an. Hungarian expatriate author marai 190089, best known here for his small masterpiece embers 1942. George szirtes in 1756, after escaping from venices most notorious jail, giacomo casanova seeks refuge in the italian village of bolzano, where he once again embarks on a campaign of seduction. This is an acceptable, in occasions interesting and thoughtprovoking book, but nothing else. Casanova in bolzano is a riveting novel written within the framework of historical reality, of casanova s escape from a venetian prison and his fateful encounter with a woman in bolzano who finally defeats him. See all books authored by sandor marai, including a gyertyak csonkig egnek, and az igazi, and more on. For the eponymous rogue of marais 1940 novel, escape from venices infamous prison. Here is a riveting novel written within the framework of historical reality, of casanova s escape from a venetian prison and his fateful encounter with a woman in bolzano.
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