The Italian Lover

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.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Published: 02/01/2009
ISBN: 9780316117654
Pages: 368
Weight: 0.71lbs
Size: 8.24h x 5.48w x 0.98d

Review Citations: New York Times Book Review 04/05/2009 pg. 20