by Luigi Malerba · ISBN 9788804393665
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«Le maschere» is the historical novel by Luigi Malerba, published by A. Mondadori in 1995 (316 pages, in Italian).
Rome, 1521: the sudden death of Pope Leo X unleashes chaos in the Curia. Locked in their palaces, the princes of the Church nurse ambitions and hatch deadly plots. With irony, Malerba composes a historical fresco of a refined and ruthless age, marked by power and intrigue.
This first edition is part of the Scrittori italiani series. The novel was awarded the Premio Giovanni Comisso in 1995.
For readers of historical novels and Italian literature, with intrigues and conspiracies in the Renaissance.
Luigi Malerba, born Luigi Bonardi, was an Italian author known for his short stories, historical novels, and screenplays. He was a prominent figure in the Neoavanguardia movement and co-founded Gruppo 63, a literary collective influenced by Marxism and Structuralism. Some of his most renowned works include La scoperta dell'alfabeto, The Serpent, What Is This Buzzing, Do You Hear It Too?, Dopo il pescecane, Testa d'argento, Il fuoco greco, Le pietre volanti, Roman Ghosts, and Ithaca Forever: Penelope Speaks. Malerba also wrote several stories and novels for children, collaborating on some of them with Tonino Guerra.
