Joseph Caldwell

The Uncle from Rome (eBook, ePUB)

A Novel

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

An American opera singer travels to Naples and becomes embroiled in his strangest role yet Michael Ruane is an obscure American opera singer who arrives in Naples to play a small part in an important production of Toscaand star in his own staging of a little-known Benjamin Britten opera. The work comes at a particularly trying time, when he's still raw with grief after his New York lover's death from AIDS. As the productions get under way, Ruane is offered an unusual part: that of the "uncle from Rome" at a local wedding. According to tradition, the presence of the uncle from Rome at important events confers prestige on the family. However, Ruane is soon enmeshed in a drama that surpasses any role he has played on the stage. The Uncle from Romeis a brilliant and colorfully imagined novel filled with theatrics of operatic proportions.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Open Road Media
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. September 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781480443990
• Artikelnr.: 44628155

Autorenporträt

Joseph Caldwell is an acclaimed playwright and novelist who has been awarded the Rome Prize for Literature by the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He is the author of five novels in addition to the Pig Trilogy, a humorous mystery series featuring a crime-solving pig. Caldwell lives in New York City and is currently working on various writing projects.