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The Anatomist-Federico Andahazi, 9780385491327

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9780385491327

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Through it is set in 16th-century Venice, Federico Andahazi's The Anatomist could not be more contemporary in its wit, its ironic turns, and its themes of hypocrisy, censorship, and the nature of sexuality -- so much so, in fact, that it was denounced by the wealthy sponsor of Argentina's prestigious Fortabat Prize, sparking a literary scandal and charges of modern-day censorship that eerily echoed the book's major themes.As the novel opens, Mateo Colombo, the most famous physician in Renaissance Italy, finds himself behind bars at the behest of Church arthorities. He has been charged with heresy, but not for organizing a clumsy team of body snatchers to feed his anatomical research, nor for his obsessive pursuit of Mona Sofia, Venice's most beautiful prostitute. His crime is even more heinous, not only heretical in the Church's eyes, but equally subversive of the whole secular order of Renaissance society. Like his namesake Christopher Columbus, he has made a discovery of enormous significance for mankind. But whereas Christopher voyaged outward to explore the world and found America, Mateo looked inward, across the mons veneris, and uncovered the clitoris. Based on historical fact, The Anatomist is an utterly fascinating excursion into Renaissance Italy, as evocative of time and place as the work of Umberto Eco. Above all, it is an audacious novel, exposing not only the social hypocrisies of the day, but also the prejudices and sexual taboos that may still be with us 400 years later.

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Publisher
Bantam Interactive Technology Doubleday Dell Publishing Group INC International Concepts
ISBN-10
0385491328
ISBN-13
9780385491327
eBay Product ID (ePID)
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Product Key Features

Book Title
The Anatomist
Publication Year
1998
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Author
Federico Andahazi
Genre
General & Literary Fiction
Topic
General Fiction, Books
Number of Pages
215 Pages

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Item Height
254 mm
Item Weight
431 g
Item Width
21 mm, 159 mm

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United States
Title_Author
Federico Andahazi

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