by Gabriele D'Annunzio · Giunti Editore · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788809743502
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«Il piacere» is the novel by Gabriele D'Annunzio, published by Giunti Editore in paperback (464 pages, in Italian).
In the decadent Rome of the late nineteenth century, the young aristocrat Andrea Sperelli tries to turn his life into a work of art: he only wishes to enjoy beauty, pleasure, and passions. However, behind his seducer's attitude hide melancholy and solitude, which ultimately lead him to a tragic outcome.
First installment of the series «I romanzi della rosa». The work was originally published in 1889.
For readers of classics and nineteenth-century Italian literature.
General Gabriele D'Annunzio, Prince of Montenevoso, sometimes written d'Annunzio as he used to sign himself, was an Italian poet, playwright, orator, journalist, aristocrat, and Royal Italian Army officer during World War I. He occupied a prominent place in Italian literature from 1889 to 1910 and in its political life from 1914 to 1924. He had the epithets il Profeta and il Vate : vate stems from the Latin vates, meaning a prophetic, divinatory, or inspirational poet.
