Nocturne and Five Tales of Love and Death by Gabriele D'Annunzio 1988

"D'Annunzio's (1863-1938) life-long, often inspired concern with the body's sensuous life assures him a place in serious literature. Indeed, the inchoate stirrings of the flesh, the restlessness and fury of passion, and the exquisite cruelty of nature are brilliantly articulated. The precision of D'Annunzio's language and the keenness of his observations offset the melodramatic properties of his plots (e.g., a spinster's sexual awakening ends in her rape and attendant impregnation; a clerk cravenly permits himself to be used by a beautiful and callous woman). The most startling work here are excerpts from Nocturne, written during a convalescence in 1916 when an accident deprived D'Annunzio of sight for two months; the author's sensory explorations are intensified and made even more palpable." -Publishers Weekly

Title: Nocturne & Five Tales of Love & Death 
Author: Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863 – 1938: ennobled by the King of Italy in 1924 as Principe di Montenevoso was an Italian poet, journalist, novelist, dramatist, and soldier during World War I.)
Publisher: The Marlboro Press 
Publication Date: 1988 
Binding: Trade paperback 
Language: English 
Pages: 264 
ISBN 0-910395-41-1 
Measures approximately: 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches (21.5 x 14 cm.) 
Condition of the book: Please see the images 
Interests: Fiction, Prose, Literature 
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