A Favourite of the Gods
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780141181981
Publish date: April 6th 2000
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 320
Edition language: English
The inversion of all those Jamesian novel/las about young women whose innocence serves them ill in corrupt decadent Europe: Italy is civilized and humane and clever, beautiful Anna's honor is mere antisexual hysteria. There's a lot in this woman-focused novel I should have loved (three generations ...