The Volcano Lover

topic posted Sat, March 17, 2007 - 8:38 PM by  Laurel 		Share/Save/Bookmark
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Just finished an amazing novel by Susan Sontag--The Volcano Lover--set in 18th century Naples. Really rich stuff...intertwines art into the story but not in the standard way. Sontag has this way of interacting with the reader and intertwining Enlightenment philosophy with comentary on today. Historical love triangle of Lord Nelson, the British Ambassador and his wife, but really much more than that.
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    Sun, March 18, 2007 - 1:50 AM
    Laurel, I got the book and read a couple of pages. Yes, it is truly wonderful prose-(poetry). Sontag is a great person. I planned to finish it but I am under a stack and who knows when I will get back to it. Thank you for reminding me.
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