by Maxence Fermine · Bompiani · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788845249716
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«Il violino nero» is the novel by Maxence Fermine published by Bompiani in paperback (143 pages, in Italian).
In late seventeenth-century Italy, Johannes, a young musical prodigy, is wounded and taken in by the luthier Erasmus. During his convalescence, Erasmus tells him about Carla Farenzi, a mysterious lady Johannes briefly met, and confides the secret of a black violin he built that sings with the woman's voice. After hearing it, Johannes's life, as a man and as an artist, becomes bound to Carla's in a story of mystery and music.
Italian translation by Sergio Claudio Perroni; published in 2001 in the Assaggi di narrativa collection by Bompiani, within Fermine's colour trilogy.
A suitable read for those seeking brief historical fiction and stories in which music is the core.
