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  • TELL THEM OF BATTLES, KINGS AND ELEPHANTS. Mathias Enard

TELL THEM OF BATTLES, KINGS AND ELEPHANTS. Mathias Enard

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Autore
Mathias Énard
Editore
FITZCARRALDO EDITIONS
Anno pubblicazione
2018
Pagine n.
137
Lingua
en
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In 1506, Michelangelo – a young but already renowned sculptor – is invited by the sultan of Constantinople to design a bridge over the Golden Horn. The sultan has offered, alongside an enormous payment, the promise of immortality, since Leonardo da Vinci’s design was rejected: ‘You will surpass him in glory if you accept, for you will succeed where he has failed, and you will give the world a monument without equal.’ Michelangelo, after some hesitation, flees Rome and an irritated Pope Julius II – whose commission he leaves unfinished – and arrives in Constantinople for this truly epic project. Once there, he explores the beauty and wonder of the Ottoman Empire, sketching and describing his impressions along the way, and becomes immersed in cloak-and-dagger palace intrigues as he struggles to create what could be his greatest architectural masterwork. Constructed from real historical fragments, Tell Them of Battles, Kings and Elephants is a thrilling novella about why stories are told, why bridges are built, and how seemingly unmatched pieces, seen from the opposite sides of civilization, can mirror one another.

ALMANACCARE

Rubrica dedicata ai libri e alla lettura: in ciascuna puntata un tema diverso per parlare dei libri letti e amati e ‘almanaccarne’ insieme ai loro protagonisti con interviste e letture. In onda su Rete Toscana Classica il quarto mercoledì del mese alle 15.40 e in replica il venerdì successivo alle 10.40.