The Romantic

The Romantic
Författare
Förlag Penguin Books Ltd.
GenreUtländska berättare
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Vikt565 gr
Utgiven2022-10-06
ISBN 9780241542033
Set in the 19th century, this novel follows the roller-coaster fortunes of a man as he tries to negotiate the random stages, adventures and vicissitudes of his life. He is variously a soldier, a lover, a husband, a father, a friend of famous poets, a writer, a bankrupt, a jailbird, a farmer, an African explorer - and many other manifestations - before, finally, he becomes a minor diplomat, a consul based in Trieste (then in Austria-Hungary) where he thinks he will see out the end of his days in well-deserved tranquillity. This will not come to pass.