by Federico Andahazi · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783596148967
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«Im Land der Venus» is the historical novel by Federico Andahazi, published by Fischer (Tb.) in paperback (248 pages, in German).
A work of fiction inspired by Renaissance anatomist Mateo Colombo, caught between his passion for the courtesan Mona Sofía and the consequences of an anatomical discovery that clashes with the Inquisition. His rise and the judicial process trace a story about desire, knowledge and faith in sixteenth-century Italy.
Original title: «El anatomista» (1997). Translated from Argentine Spanish by Peter Martyr; German edition of 2001.
For readers of historical fiction who enjoy Renaissance plots about science, desire and faith.
Federico Andahazi is an Argentine writer and psychologist.
