Summary
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 movie. Margot, with the help of her lover, Woody, writes a script that she thinks will validate her life... Full description
Summary: |
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 movie. 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 movies, 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.--from Amazon.com. |
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Physical Description: |
343 p. : map ; 22 cm. |
ISBN: |
0316117633 9780316117630 |
Author Notes: |
Hellenga was one of 12 writers selected to participate in the first Illinois Arts Council Statewide Reading Series in 1991. Some of his other awards include the 1988 PEN Syndicated Fiction award, the National Endowment for the Arts Artists Fellowship in 1989, the Illinois Arts Council Artist's grant in 1990, and the Society of Midland Authors 1995 Award for Fiction. (Bowker Author Biography) |