I, Caravaggio - Paperback
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I, Caravaggio - Paperback
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by Eugenio Volpe (Author)
The famous bi-sexual libertine who would be more at home on Tinder than at a Roman Cathedral, gallivants through the streets like brush strokes to become a Baroque 16th century icon.
The year is 1604 and Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio is a superstar, his blockbuster paintings packing the pews of Rome. Caravaggio should be reveling in prosperity, but the artistic trailblazer and nefarious street-brawler is his own worst enemy. While the genius paints masterpieces, the ruffian in him can't stay out of jail. Caravaggio is a man at existential odds with himself until falling in love with Lena Antognetti, the prostitute modeling his newest Virgin pictures. Caravaggio paints Lena into a life of wealth and celebrity, but the power couple's provocative fame earns them a horde of resentful and jealous enemies. I, Caravaggio dramatizes the superstar's psychological unraveling under the sexual and political pressures of the Catholic Reformation.Author Biography
Eugenio Volpe is the author of the forthcoming novel I, Caravaggio (Clash Books 2023). His essay "Jesus Kicks His Oedipus Complex" was listed as notable in Best American Essays 2021. His stories have appeared in The Massachusetts Review, Salamander, New York Tyrant, VICE, Post Road, The Nervous Breakdown, BULL, and dozens of other journals. He is a former winner of the PEN Discovery Award for Fiction. He has also been nominated for Pushcart and Best of the Net prizes. He has appeared in the Boston Globe for his writing. He is a professor of rhetoric at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles.
Number of Pages: 342
Dimensions: 0.9 x 8.8 x 6 IN
Publication Date: July 25, 2023
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