The carousel of desire
Schmitt, Eric-Emmanuel2016
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A love note is delivered anonymously to each inhabitant of Piazza Guy d'Arezzo in Brussels one morning, triggering a series of adventures and misadventures that, over 600 pages, develop into a sumptuous comedy of manners that is sensual, sexy, affecting, encyclopaedic, and unlike anything written previously by Schmitt. From the author of The Most Beautiful Book in the World, a literary tour de force of contemporary eroticism."This message is just to say I love you. Signed: You know who." A love note is delivered anonymously to each inhabitant of Piazza Guy d'Arezzo in Brussels one morning, triggering a series of adventures and misadventures that, over 600 pages, develop into a sumptuous comedy of manners that is sexy, sensual, affecting, encyclopaedic, and unlike anything written previously by Schmitt. Employing a roving camera technique that recalls both the stylish cinematic tradition of French New Wave and the films by Fellini and Antonioni, The Carousel of Desire is a sexual and romantic saga told with a master storyteller's feel for character and plot, and a philosopher's abiding preoccupation with what makes life truly worthwhile. Schmitt tells a colourful tale about class and community, about the varieties of human experience. His love of coincidence and serendipity is surpassed only by his affection for his all-too-human characters: Zachary Bidermann, the powerful E.U. commissioner; Faustina, the fashionable book publicist; Franc,ois-Maxime de Couvigne, the happily married banker with more than a few secrets; Marcelle, enamoured of a handsome illegal immigrant; and Miss Beauvert, who makes love with her parrot, Copernicus. These and many more unforgettable characters animate this story of simmering desire and mischievous Eros.
Main title:
The carousel of desire / Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt ; translated from the French by Howard Curtis and Katherine Gregor.
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Imprint:
New York, N.Y. : Europa Editions, 2016.
Collation:
662 pages ; 21 cm
Notes:
Translation of: Les perroquets de la place d'Arezzo.Formerly CIP. UkTranslated from the French.
ISBN:
9781609453466 (pbk)
Dewey class:
843.914
LC class:
PQ2679.C37844
Language:
EnglishFrench
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Subject:
Love-letters -- FictionSex -- FictionLove-lettersSexBrussels (Belgium) -- FictionBelgium -- BrusselsFictionGay erotic fictionRomance fictionRomance fictionErotic fictionGay fictionGeneral FictionErotic fictionModern & contemporary fictionFiction: general & literaryNarrative theme: Interior lifeGayContains explicit material
BRN:
1430226
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