The Apprentice Lover: A Novel
by Jay Parini
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- ISBN 10
- 0066210712
- ISBN 13
- 9780066210711
- Seller
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Synopsis
When Alex Massolini's brother is killed in Vietnam, he drops out of Columbia University and leaves his conservative family behind for Capri to become secretary to Rupert Grant, a famous British novelist and poet who dominates the island like a latter -- day Prospero. Alex soon finds himself ensnared in a web of love affairs, friendships, and rivalries within the eccentric community that inhabits the idyllic beauty of the isolated Italian island.The Apprentice Lover traces a young American's enchantment and disenchantment -- with his American past, his new European mentor, and the various inhabitants on an island famous for its characters.
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- Bookseller
- Galveston Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9780066210711
- Title
- The Apprentice Lover: A Novel
- Author
- Jay Parini
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used -
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0066210712
- ISBN 13
- 9780066210711
- Publisher
- Harper & Row
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2002
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