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Diana Huntress (Hardcover): Gianni Callari Diana Huntress (Hardcover)
Gianni Callari
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R537 R462 Discovery Miles 4 620 Save R75 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The work of Cellini that attracts Eric the most is the "Nymph of Fontainebleau" bas-relief in bronze. The nymph is Diana, goddess of hunting.

Cellini carved a firm, slender, supple body; the smooth modeling of the physique is set off by tight parallel folds of drapery and volutes representing water. The austere beauty of the face recalls antique sculpture, yet this stylized nude is redolent of sensuality.

Eric compares the beauty of the carved goddess to that of Venus painted by Botticelli. The body shapes are elegant; the physical beauty captures the concepts expressed by the philosophy of Plato, the expression of the spiritual quality of inner purity.

Venus is impregnated by the breath of Zephyr and not by a sexual act, thus her purity remains intact. The nudity of Diana and Venus are like an ode to purity, unadorned simplicity of the soul, because a pure soul does not need ornamentation.

Both goddesses stand for innocence and chastity. Divine grace represented with extreme beauty, devoid of human passions. Purity in beauty and beauty in purity.

They represent the innocence of the woman's ethereal soul soft, but like a thorny flower it pierces the body of the spectator, ruthlessly penetrating to touch his living soul, throbbing with vitality, strength, power and supernatural energy to bring forth purity.

A woman with these inner qualities is admired in her beauty. She is heard, breathed, touched and perceived. She is loved at a distance, the way a work of art is admired.

Diana Huntress (English, Italian, Hardcover): Gianni Callari Diana Huntress (English, Italian, Hardcover)
Gianni Callari
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R565 R486 Discovery Miles 4 860 Save R79 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Nice, France.

Eric maturo orafo estimatore di Cellini e Botticelli, ama condurre una vita riservata tuttavia partecipa a gare estreme che lo attirano come una droga. Il suo ideale e la donna snella dal ventre piatto, colta, con l'anima pura.

La separazione da Nadine che non ha rispettato l'accordo di non avere figli e che ingannandolo, e rimasta incinta, lo ha profondamente ferito. Frequenta Noor, danzatrice del ventre, e vive con lei un periodo felice ma la giovane viene uccisa ed e sospettato del delitto. Un amico avvocato trasferitosi a Nice con la moglie e la figlia Charlotte, lo invita nella nuova residenza. Charlotte prepara la tesi di laurea su Petrarca ad Avignon. La giovane avrebbe vissuto volentieri in quell'epoca per la purezza dei sentimenti esaltati dai poeti del Dolce Stil Novo. Nasce un feeling tra Eric e Charlotte che, oltre ad incarnare l'ideale femminile, colpisce l'uomo per il candore dell'anima ma questi e tormentato dalla differenza d'eta. La "Costellazione del Perseo," gioiello realizzato per l'amata gli dara il coraggio...Con uno stratagemma, Charlotte riuscira ad estirpare da Eric la dipendenza dalle gare estreme, inoltre scoprira l'assassino...

Calabria with Love (Hardcover): Gianni Callari Calabria with Love (Hardcover)
Gianni Callari
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R540 R465 Discovery Miles 4 650 Save R75 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In 1927, in a town deep within the Calabrian mountains, an oppressed and isolated family lives under the tyranny of a violent baron who wants to subdue and recruit the brothers Pietro and Ferruccio by any means possible. When the brothers reject his offer, the enraged baron exacts his revenge on the family in a brutal attack-on their children. He attempts to kill Ferruccio's toddler son, Nicola, and forcefully adopts Pietro's now-orphaned four-year-old niece, Carmen. As astute as he is dangerous, Pietro-now calling himself Zione-insinuates himself into the baron's inner circle, waiting for the perfect moment to exact his own revenge.

Years pass, and the world is at war. Ferruccio returns from the horrors of the Russian Front with a frostbitten foot, only to find there are battles to be won at home as well. Nicola, now a man, is engaged to Carmen, who carries his child. But the baron forbids his adopted daughter to marry. Under threat of death, Ferruccio flees to Miami. There he seeks protection and help from a local boss. Back in Italy, Carmen gives birth to their child before joining Nicola in Florida, in the hopes of starting a new life in the New World. Together they open an Italian restaurant and try to find happiness so far from home.

They will never forget the Great Sila, the "viddanedda," the beech forest, the fountains, and the procession of Santa Caterina. They will always remember their lost Calabria with love.

Calabria with Love (Italian, Hardcover): Gianni Callari Calabria with Love (Italian, Hardcover)
Gianni Callari
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R567 R488 Discovery Miles 4 880 Save R79 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Calabria, 1927. Un territorio, un paese, una famiglia, isolati tra le montagne della Sila Grande, vivono oppressi dalla tirannia di un violento Barone che vuole sottomettere i fratelli Ferruccio e Pietro. Il Barone rifi utato, attenta alla vita del fi glio di Ferruccio, Nicola di 2 anni e, a distanza di tempo, dopo una strage, adotta con prepotenza Carmen di 4 anni, nipote acquisita di Pietro, rimasta orfana. L'astuto Pietro, detto Zione, si schiera con l'arrogante Barone. Obbedisce, sopporta, gli sta vicino aspettando il momento propizio per eliminarlo. Passano gli anni. Ferruccio ritorna dalla Campagna di Russia con un piede congelato, Nicola, fi danzato con Carmen, viene minacciato di morte e non puo sposare la giovane incinta. Fugge a Miami dove chiede aiuto ad un potente boss. Il tiranno dopo altri scempi, delitti e violenze, viene ucciso da Pietro. Carmen ha il bambino e con Nicola ritornato, partono per la Florida dove apriranno un ristorante "italian kitchen." Non dimenticheranno mai la Sila Grande, le clementine, la faggeta, la "viddanedda," la "'nduja," le fontane, la processione di Santa Caterina. Ricorderanno la Calabria per sempre, "with love."

Romanzo ispirato ad una storia vera.

Diana Huntress (Paperback): Gianni Callari Diana Huntress (Paperback)
Gianni Callari
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R283 R243 Discovery Miles 2 430 Save R40 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The work of Cellini that attracts Eric the most is the "Nymph of Fontainebleau" bas-relief in bronze. The nymph is Diana, goddess of hunting.

Cellini carved a firm, slender, supple body; the smooth modeling of the physique is set off by tight parallel folds of drapery and volutes representing water. The austere beauty of the face recalls antique sculpture, yet this stylized nude is redolent of sensuality.

Eric compares the beauty of the carved goddess to that of Venus painted by Botticelli. The body shapes are elegant; the physical beauty captures the concepts expressed by the philosophy of Plato, the expression of the spiritual quality of inner purity.

Venus is impregnated by the breath of Zephyr and not by a sexual act, thus her purity remains intact. The nudity of Diana and Venus are like an ode to purity, unadorned simplicity of the soul, because a pure soul does not need ornamentation.

Both goddesses stand for innocence and chastity. Divine grace represented with extreme beauty, devoid of human passions. Purity in beauty and beauty in purity.

They represent the innocence of the woman's ethereal soul soft, but like a thorny flower it pierces the body of the spectator, ruthlessly penetrating to touch his living soul, throbbing with vitality, strength, power and supernatural energy to bring forth purity.

A woman with these inner qualities is admired in her beauty. She is heard, breathed, touched and perceived. She is loved at a distance, the way a work of art is admired.

Calabria with Love (Paperback): Gianni Callari Calabria with Love (Paperback)
Gianni Callari
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R285 R246 Discovery Miles 2 460 Save R39 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In 1927, in a town deep within the Calabrian mountains, an oppressed and isolated family lives under the tyranny of a violent baron who wants to subdue and recruit the brothers Pietro and Ferruccio by any means possible. When the brothers reject his offer, the enraged baron exacts his revenge on the family in a brutal attack-on their children. He attempts to kill Ferruccio's toddler son, Nicola, and forcefully adopts Pietro's now-orphaned four-year-old niece, Carmen. As astute as he is dangerous, Pietro-now calling himself Zione-insinuates himself into the baron's inner circle, waiting for the perfect moment to exact his own revenge.

Years pass, and the world is at war. Ferruccio returns from the horrors of the Russian Front with a frostbitten foot, only to find there are battles to be won at home as well. Nicola, now a man, is engaged to Carmen, who carries his child. But the baron forbids his adopted daughter to marry. Under threat of death, Ferruccio flees to Miami. There he seeks protection and help from a local boss. Back in Italy, Carmen gives birth to their child before joining Nicola in Florida, in the hopes of starting a new life in the New World. Together they open an Italian restaurant and try to find happiness so far from home.

They will never forget the Great Sila, the "viddanedda," the beech forest, the fountains, and the procession of Santa Caterina. They will always remember their lost Calabria with love.

Calabria with Love (English, Italian, Paperback): Gianni Callari Calabria with Love (English, Italian, Paperback)
Gianni Callari
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R313 R271 Discovery Miles 2 710 Save R42 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Calabria, 1927. Un territorio, un paese, una famiglia, isolati tra le montagne della Sila Grande, vivono oppressi dalla tirannia di un violento Barone che vuole sottomettere i fratelli Ferruccio e Pietro. Il Barone rifi utato, attenta alla vita del fi glio di Ferruccio, Nicola di 2 anni e, a distanza di tempo, dopo una strage, adotta con prepotenza Carmen di 4 anni, nipote acquisita di Pietro, rimasta orfana. L'astuto Pietro, detto Zione, si schiera con l'arrogante Barone. Obbedisce, sopporta, gli sta vicino aspettando il momento propizio per eliminarlo. Passano gli anni. Ferruccio ritorna dalla Campagna di Russia con un piede congelato, Nicola, fi danzato con Carmen, viene minacciato di morte e non puo sposare la giovane incinta. Fugge a Miami dove chiede aiuto ad un potente boss. Il tiranno dopo altri scempi, delitti e violenze, viene ucciso da Pietro. Carmen ha il bambino e con Nicola ritornato, partono per la Florida dove apriranno un ristorante "italian kitchen." Non dimenticheranno mai la Sila Grande, le clementine, la faggeta, la "viddanedda," la "'nduja," le fontane, la processione di Santa Caterina. Ricorderanno la Calabria per sempre, "with love."

Romanzo ispirato ad una storia vera.

Diana Huntress (Italian, Paperback): Gianni Callari Diana Huntress (Italian, Paperback)
Gianni Callari
bundle available
R311 R268 Discovery Miles 2 680 Save R43 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Nice, France.

Eric maturo orafo estimatore di Cellini e Botticelli, ama condurre una vita riservata tuttavia partecipa a gare estreme che lo attirano come una droga. Il suo ideale e la donna snella dal ventre piatto, colta, con l'anima pura.

La separazione da Nadine che non ha rispettato l'accordo di non avere figli e che ingannandolo, e rimasta incinta, lo ha profondamente ferito. Frequenta Noor, danzatrice del ventre, e vive con lei un periodo felice ma la giovane viene uccisa ed e sospettato del delitto. Un amico avvocato trasferitosi a Nice con la moglie e la figlia Charlotte, lo invita nella nuova residenza. Charlotte prepara la tesi di laurea su Petrarca ad Avignon. La giovane avrebbe vissuto volentieri in quell'epoca per la purezza dei sentimenti esaltati dai poeti del Dolce Stil Novo. Nasce un feeling tra Eric e Charlotte che, oltre ad incarnare l'ideale femminile, colpisce l'uomo per il candore dell'anima ma questi e tormentato dalla differenza d'eta. La "Costellazione del Perseo," gioiello realizzato per l'amata gli dara il coraggio...Con uno stratagemma, Charlotte riuscira ad estirpare da Eric la dipendenza dalle gare estreme, inoltre scoprira l'assassino...

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