Description
A delicate, moving novel about the 20th century's greatest animal sculptor - a sensitive artist destroyed by the cruelties of the First World War.
About the Author
Edgardo Franzosini, born in 1952 near Lake Como, is the author of five novels. The Animal Gazer won two distinguished Italian literary awards in 2016, the Premio Comisso and the Premio Dessi. He lives in Milan.
Reviews
Rembrandt Bugatti was an extraordinary artist and a breed apart; this moody and atmospheric book captures the obsessive nature of one of the best of a fascinating group of 19th- and early 20th-century animal sculptors -- Ian Wardropper, director, The Frick Collection
Sparkling... The tone is mellifluous throughout... Multi-award-winning Italian author Franzosini's English-language debut is an irresistible, elegantly conceived example of biographical fiction' * Library Journal *
Edgardo Franzosini is among the finest contemporary Italian writers... Franzosini illuminates the life of this singular artist... An artist capable of sculpting in bronze the movements of animals and grasping their vitality in such a way that critics, after years of neglect, are discovering its unique power' * Il Giornale *
The Animal Gazer takes you on a glorious journey into the heart of cosmopolitan Paris as you have never known it before. Through the life of Rembrandt Bugatti, a sculptor with the panache of his name, this lively, fast-paced narrative evokes an exceptional epoch in all its color and eccentric charm -- Nicholas Fox Weber
A curious book, part biography, part novel... Michael F. Moore's ripple translation from the Italian conveys the odd blend of detachment and detail... Bugatti's sculptures, his deer, flamingoes and giraffes, stalk across the first page of every chapter, and the man himself is brought back, some wise, to life' * TLS *
Book Information
ISBN 9781788549431
Author Edgardo Franzosini
Format Paperback
Page Count 144
Imprint Head of Zeus
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC