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(He) erects the scaffolding of a thorough examination of collector's envy. --Nora Mahony - Times Literary Supplement
Envy is a novel - or novella (125 airy pages, admirably translated from the Italian by Alastair McEwen and handsomely produced by the Pushkin Press) - about the possibility of a novel that remains unwritten, which is about as postmodern as it gets. It's all a tease -- of the painter and his lawyers, of the reader, and of the author himself. (...) elegant, witty and provocative. --LEWIS JONES New Statesman
Envy is a novel - or novella (125 airy pages, admirably translated from the Italian by Alastair McEwen and handsomely produced by the Pushkin Press) - about the possibility of a novel that remains unwritten, which is about as postmodern as it gets. It's all a tease -- of the painter and his lawyers, of the reader, and of the author himself. (...) elegant, witty and provocative --Lewis Jones - New Statesman
(he) erects the scaffolding of a thorough examination of collector's envy --Nora Mahony - Times Literary Supplement
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Envy is a novel - or novella (125 airy pages, admirably translated from the Italian by Alastair McEwen and handsomely produced by the Pushkin Press) - about the possibility of a novel that remains unwritten, which is about as postmodern as it gets. It's all a tease -- of the painter and his lawyers, of the reader, and of the author himself. (...) elegant, witty and provocative. --LEWIS JONES New Statesman
Envy is a novel - or novella (125 airy pages, admirably translated from the Italian by Alastair McEwen and handsomely produced by the Pushkin Press) - about the possibility of a novel that remains unwritten, which is about as postmodern as it gets. It's all a tease -- of the painter and his lawyers, of the reader, and of the author himself. (...) elegant, witty and provocative --Lewis Jones - New Statesman
(he) erects the scaffolding of a thorough examination of collector's envy --Nora Mahony - Times Literary Supplement
Envy is an emotion that grows slowly. Thanks to a series or fortuitous encounters and circumstances, a writer and journalist falls victim to an obsessive curiosity about a famous artist: Julian Sax. He would like to meet Sax, but the great painter is surrounded by an almost impenetrable protective screen. The writer's wife, the charming and sensual Rossa, eventually takes him to Tony's, the team room in London where Sax spends a few hours of his day, accompanied by his children, models, and friends. The narrator begins to fear that his wife Rossa might succumb to the charm of this seductive man who attracts women, paints them, and then discards them. In an unpredictable sequence of passions, coups de theatre, and contrasting sentiments, Elkann weaves a fascinating web in which a blend of reality and fiction draws the reader into the lives of characters who will prove hard to forget.
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- PublisherPushkin Press
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 1901285812
- ISBN 13 9781901285819
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages128
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