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Come donna innamorata
“Like a Woman in Love” (title translated by AI)
Marco Santagata (born 1947)
English editions
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On 8 June 1290 the young poet Dante Alighieri, still searching for his own voice, stands before the body of Beatrice Portinari and asks himself how he can go on writing now that death has taken his muse. From that moment everything changes, his life as well as his poetry. Walking through Florence he relives a love marked by fate, from the first meeting to the last glance. But more blows await him: Florentine politics threatens first his affections, from his marriage to Gemma to his friendship with Guido Cavalcanti, and then his life, as he struggles with the lure of power, betrayal and the fear of never writing his masterpiece.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Length
- 175 pages in the original
- Genres
- Historical, Love (assigned by AI)
- Set in
- Italy, 1290s
- First published
- 2015 by Guanda
- Author's age
- 68 when first published
- ISBN
9788823510821 (original)