A Terrace in Rome
Quignard, Pascal / Penick, Douglas / Re, Charles
The first English translation of the novel awarded the 2000 Grand Prix du Roman de l'Académie FrançaiseA Terrace in Rome describes the tormented life of Geoffroy Meaume, a 17th-century engraver of encrypted shadows and erotic prints. After a passionate affair in his youth concludes with his face being burned by acid thrown by his lover's jealous fiancé, Meaume undertakes a lifetime of wandering, his psyche forever engraved by the memory of the...