The Volcano Lover
Author: Susan Sontag
Nápoles, 1772. A segunda cidade da Europa, magnífica, encimada pelas constantes erupções do seu famoso vulcão. Um nobre inglês, o embaixador britânico no Reino das Duas Sicílias, regressa à sua cidade adoptiva acompanhado pela mulher. Cavaliere, como todos o conhecem, é um coleccionador de arte, de antiguidades, de pessoas – um temperamento erudito e ávido, mas desapaixona….Read More
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