The Italian Lover (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780316117654)

An exhilarating novel of romance, art, and food in Florence, featuring the beloved Margot Harrington, who graced Robert Hellenga's The Sixteen Pleasures.

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.

Author: Robert Hellenga
ISBN-10: 031611765X
ISBN-13: 9780316117654
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Language: English
Published: 02/09/2009
Pages: 368
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.71lbs
Size: 8.24h x 5.48w x 0.98d

Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 04/05/2009 pg. 20