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The Triumph of Death (Paperback)
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The Triumph of Death (Paperback)
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The Triumph of Death (1894) is a novel by Gabriele D'Annunzio. The
third in a cycle of novels exploring the lives of the Italian
bourgeoisie, The Triumph of Death was inspired by the author's
interpretation of the work of Friedrich Nietzsche and Walter Pater.
Considered a central text of Italian Decadentism, the novel has
earned comparisons to the work of Oscar Wilde and Joris-Karl
Huysmans. "When she perceived a group of men leaning against the
parapet and looking down into the street below, Hippolyte stopped
and exclaimed: 'What has happened?' With a slight gesture,
betraying fear, she placed her hand involuntarily on George's arm
as if to restrain him. After watching the men a moment George said:
'Someone must have leaped from off the terrace.'" After witnessing
a suicide, Giorgio Aurispa leaves Rome and his lover Ippolita to
return to his family in Guardigrele. Reminded of the beauty of the
mountains where he was born, he is soon drawn into conflict with
his father, a vain nobleman who has left his mother for a mistress
and spent every last penny of their immense family fortune.
Reminded of his uncle's tragic death, overwhelmed with his
responsibilities as a son, Giorgio flees the mountains for the
coast, buying a home in San Vito Chietino where he attempts to pick
up where he left off with Ippolita. Gloomy and paranoid, Giorgio
struggles to regain his sense of beauty, the only thing in life he
ever loved. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally
typeset manuscript, this edition of Gabriele D'Annunzio's The
Triumph of Death is a classic work of Italian literature reimagined
for modern readers.
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