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The bishop's bedroom
- Title
- The bishop's bedroom / by Piero Chiara ; translated from the Italian by Jill Foulston.
- Author
- Chiara, Piero
- Publication
- New York : New Vessel Press, [2019]
- ©2019
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFD 20-3597 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Foulston, Jill
- Description
- 159 pages; 21 cm
- Summary
- "Summer 1946. World War Two has just come to an end and there's a yearning for renewal. A man in his thirties is sailing on Lake Maggiore in northern Italy, hoping to put off the inevitable return to work. Dropping anchor in a small, fashionable port, he meets the enigmatic owner of a nearby villa who invites him home for dinner with his older wife and beautiful widowed sister-in-law. The sailor is intrigued by the elegant waterside mansion, staffed with servants and imbued with mystery, and stays in a guest room previously occupied by a now deceased bishop related to his host. The two men form an uneasy bond, recognizing in each other a shared taste for idling and erotic adventure. They soon set sail together, encountering old flames and making new conquests. But tragedy puts an abrupt halt to their revels and shatters the tranquility of the villa. What really happened on the dock? And who was the figure glimpsed cycling around the shore in the dark?"--Provided by publisher.
- Uniform Title
- Stanza del vescovo. English
- Alternative Title
- Stanza del vescovo.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Psychological fiction.
- Novels.
- Thrillers (Fiction)
- Fiction.
- History.
- Note
- "First published in Italian as La stanza del Vescovo. Copyright © 1976"--Title page verso.
- Language (note)
- Translated from the Italian.
- Call Number
- JFD 20-3597
- ISBN
- 9781939931740
- 1939931746
- LCCN
- 2019934492
- OCLC
- 1089844993
- Author
- Chiara, Piero, author.
- Title
- The bishop's bedroom / by Piero Chiara ; translated from the Italian by Jill Foulston.
- Publisher
- New York : New Vessel Press, [2019]
- Copyright Date
- ©2019
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Language
- Translated from the Italian.
- Chronological Term
- Since 1900
- Added Author
- Foulston, Jill, translator.
- Research Call Number
- JFD 20-3597