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Title: The Invention of Truth: A Novel by Marta Morazzoni, M.J. Fitzgerald ISBN: 0-394-58088-5 Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Pub. Date: 01 May, 1993 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (2 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: An intriguing read
Comment: I read this novella at the recommendation of a friend in just 2 or 3 hours, and that was reading slowly.
The experience is hard to describe for me. The skillful intertwining of narratives has already been described by others. The effect is sensitive and deceptively simple. I couldn't help but feel, when I had finished, that there were deeper threads connecting the two stories that I couldn't quite see yet -- much like the threads on the back of needlework can tie together what on the surface is unconnected. I have a sense that by reading it one more time, and one more time after that (etc.) I would gradually see the metaphors that make each story reflect the other.
Without doing that, however, be assured that it is enough to read the book once, just to experience its light touch on your mind (and possibly your heart).
Rating: 4
Summary: Very successful interweaving of two stories
Comment: If you were to tell me of a story that focuses on a seamtress working on a medieval tapestry and an art critic of the 19th century, I would immediately question that anyone could write a story interweaving the two. Marta Morazzoni has done it with seamless ease - an incredible read.
The common thread is the reading of life through their art - e.g. the seamtress is more impressed with the queen's stitches than her position. Through this comes the title - The Invention of Truth - for both artists read the truth of their lives through their art.
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Title: Fontamara (Italian texts) by Ignazio Silone ISBN: 0719006627 Publisher: Manchester University Press Pub. Date: 1977 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Sea of Memory: A Novel by Erri De Luca, Beth Archer Brombert, Enrico De Luca, Beth Brombert ISBN: 0880016787 Publisher: Ecco Press Pub. Date: 01 August, 1999 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
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Title: Confessions of Zeno (Vintage International) by Italo Svevo, Beryl De Zoete ISBN: 0679722343 Publisher: Vintage Books USA Pub. Date: 01 June, 1989 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: I'm Not Scared by NICCOLO AMMANITI, JONATHAN HUNT ISBN: 1400075637 Publisher: Anchor Pub. Date: 24 February, 2004 List Price(USD): $10.00 |
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Title: The Late Mattia Pascal (Eridanos Library) by Luigi Pirandello, William Weaver ISBN: 0941419444 Publisher: Marsilio Publishers Pub. Date: 01 May, 1995 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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