Item #906 Casanova in Bolzano. Translated from the Hungarian by George Szirtes. Sandor Marai.

Casanova in Bolzano. Translated from the Hungarian by George Szirtes.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004. Item #906

Small 8vo.  200 x 130 mm., [ 7 3/4 x 5 1/4 inches].  [8], 294, [2] pp.  Publisher's binding and dust jacket.  Very good copy.

First American edition.  Sandor Marai was a ardent anti-facist who emigrated from Hungary to Italy and then to the United States just after World War II.  This novel, set in 18th century Italy, fictionarlizes an episode in Casanova's life after escaping from the Venetian prison.  Following his escape he reengages with the love of his life, who is now the wife of a nobleman from Bolzano.  "Brimming with the richness and psychological tension that made Embers (Marai's first novel), and international best seller, Casanova in Bolzano is further proof that Sandor Marai stands among the twentieth century's greatest literary voices."

Price: $30.00

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