This is a novel of adventure, a roman courtois, that tells the story of Angelo, a nobleman who has been forced to leave Italy because of a duel, and is returning to his homeland by way of Provence. But that region is in the grip of a cholera epidemic, travelers are being imprisoned behind barricades, and exposure to the disease is almost certain.
Angelo's escapades, adventures, and heroic self-sacrifice in this hot, hallucinatory landscape, among corpses, criminals and rioting townspeople, share this epic tale.
This is a novel of adventure, a roman courtois, that tells the story of Angelo, a nobleman who has been forced to leave Italy because of a duel, and is returning to his homeland by way of Provence. But that region is in the grip of a cholera epidemic, travelers are being imprisoned behind barricades, and exposure to the disease is almost certain.
Angelo's escapades, adventures, and heroic self-sacrifice in this hot, hallucinatory landscape, among corpses, criminals and rioting townspeople, share this epic tale.
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The Horseman on the Roof: A Novel
430Paperback(Reissue)
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780865470606 |
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Publisher: | Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
Publication date: | 01/01/1982 |
Series: | Horseman on the Roof Series , #1 |
Edition description: | Reissue |
Pages: | 430 |
Sales rank: | 761,745 |
Product dimensions: | 5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.97(d) |