Venice, 1468. Sosia Simeon, a free spirit with a strange predilection for books and Venetians is making her particular mark on the fabled city. On the other side of the Grand Canal, Wendelin von Speyer from Germany is setting up the first printing press in Venice and looking for the book that will make his fortune.
A love triangle develops between Sosia, Wendelin's young editor, and the seductive
scribe Felice Feliciano, a man who loves the crevices of the alphabet the way other men love the crevices of women. Before long, a dark magic begins to haunt Sosia and the printers: an obsessive nun and a book-hating priest conspire against them, and soon their fate hangs in the balance. For binding them all together is the poet Catullus - whose desperate and unrequited love inspired the most tender erotic poems of antiquity.
- 'A lavish description of a sensual education that drips detail & drama.' ELLE
- 'Part love story, part lesson in aesthetics, part history lesson, this is a fascinating book' TATLER
- 'A truly sensual glide' LITERARY REVIEW
- ‘An enthralling tale of love, obsession and religious fervour’ BIG ISSUE
- 'Lush, erotic and dripping with sensuality, this is a novel that demands to be experienced through all the senses.' GOOD BOOK REVIEW
Paperback:
£7.99
Published 14/10/2004
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