The Volcano Lover

Der britische Botschafter am italienischen Hof des 18. Jahrhunderts verbringt seine freie Zeit in Neapel mit zwei Dingen: Seiner Sammelwut und seiner Faszination für den aktiven Vulkan Vesuv. Mit den Jahren kommen jedoch noch weitere Obsessionen hinzu ... Sontags historischer Roman basiert auf der Lebensgeschichte Sir William Hamiltons und seiner Frau Emma sowie Lord Nelson und kreist um Sex und Revolution, Naturgewalt, Kunst und Sammelleidenschaft - und Liebe.

Informationen zum Autor Susan Sontag was born in Manhattan in 1933 and studied at the universities of Chicago, Harvard and Oxford. Her non-fiction works include On Photography , Regarding the Pain of Others and At the Same Time. She was also the author of four novels, including The Volcano Lover and In America, as well as a collection of stories and several plays. She was awarded the Jerusalem Prize, and received the Prince of Asturias Prize for Literature and the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade. She died in December 2004. Klappentext A historical romance! Sontag's book is based on the lives of Sir William Hamilton! his wife! Emma! and Lord Nelson in the final decades of the eighteenth century. Passionately examining the shape of Western civilization since the Age of Enlightenment! Sontag's novel is an exquisitely detailed picture of revolution! the fate of nature! art and love. Zusammenfassung A historical romance, Sontag's book is based on the lives of Sir William Hamilton, his wife, Emma, and Lord Nelson in the final decades of the eighteenth century. Passionately examining the shape of Western civilization since the Age of Enlightenment, Sontag's novel is an exquisitely detailed picture of revolution, the fate of nature, art and love.

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Susan Sontag was born in Manhattan in 1933 and studied at the universities of Chicago, Harvard and Oxford. Her non-fiction works include On Photography, Regarding the Pain of Others and At the Same Time. She was also the author of four novels, including The Volcano Lover and In America, as well as a collection of stories and several plays. She was awarded the Jerusalem Prize, and received the Prince of Asturias Prize for Literature and the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade. She died in December 2004.

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A historical romance, Sontag's book is based on the lives of Sir William Hamilton, his wife, Emma, and Lord Nelson in the final decades of the eighteenth century. Passionately examining the shape of Western civilization since the Age of Enlightenment, Sontag's novel is an exquisitely detailed picture of revolution, the fate of nature, art and love.