Serenissima: A Novel of Venice

Synopsis

Serenissima is the story of a love so great it bends time out of shape. A novel of Venice today and Venice in its illustrious past, this exquisite tale gives the reader both a compelling portrait of our modern-day film world and a clue to the passions behind Shakespeare's most enigmatic work. Jessica Pruitt is a popular Hollywood actress in her forties who has come to Venice to be a judge in the Venice Film Festival. In the rollicking paparazzi-crazed atmosphere of the festival Jessica senses that something mysterious is in the air. She begins receiving roses and sonnets from an unknown admirer who seems to be beckoning her to leave the narcissistic present and enter an enchanted past. The weather grows colder, the tourists depart, the canals freeze; it is one of the coldest autumns in history. Jessica is captive in Venice and goes deeper and deeper into Shakespeare and the history of the city, which the Venetians call "La Serenissima." While exploring the Jewish ghetto of Venice, Jessica suddenly finds herself at the Grand Canal in the Venice of Shakespeare's time-where she has, at once, been transformed into a Venetian Jewess of the sixteenth century. Shakespeare and his patron, the Earl of Southampton, have come to Venice to escape the plague, which rages in England, and a passionate love triangle develops among the three. Jessica experiences the great sensual love she has always been seeking, a love that history decrees cannot last, except in the timeless world of poetry.

Copyright:

1987

Book Details

Book Quality:

Excellent

Book Size:

215 Pages

ISBN-13:

9780395429228

Publisher:

N/A

Date of Addition:

12/27/07

Copyrighted By:

Erica Jong Productions LTD.

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

History, Romance, Biographies and Memoirs, Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy

Submitted By:

Donna Smith

Proofread By:

Sue Stevens

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.