The Medici Boy
The acclaimed author of The Miracle brings to life the bliss and treachery of the Italian Renaissance in this novel of beauty and betrayal (David Henry Hwang). In fifteenth-century Florence, young and beautiful Agnolo does whatever he must to survive. When he isn't living with a soldier, he provides company for lonely men. But when his soldier is sent to war, Agnolo finds work as a model for the great artist Donato di Betto Bardi-otherwise known as Donatello. While creating his famous bronze of David standing on the head of Goliath, Donatello develops a desire for Agnolo that ignites a dangerous jealousy. The artist's assistant, the complex…
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- ISBN: 978-1-938231-48-3
- EAN: 9781938231483
- Produktnummer: 31919584
- Verlag: Astor + Blue Editions
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
- Seitenangabe: 340 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 1'105 KB
Über den Autor
The author of over twenty volumes, which include poetry, short story collections, and novels, John L'Heureux is a highly distinguished writer. He has taught at Georgetown University, Tufts, Harvard, and served as Lane Professor of Humanities in the English department at Stanford University for over thirty-five years. He has received numerous favorable reviews in the New York Times and elsewhere for his poetry and novels; writing Fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts upon two occasions; and was awarded a Guggenheim Grant to do research for his novel, The Medici Boy. This is all in addition to having twice received the Dean's Award for Excellence in Teaching, and many other tributes to his talent and developed skills. John L'Heureux is now retired and lives in California with his wife Joan, also a teacher and writer.
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