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뉴욕타임스, 아마존닷컴 베스트셀러 1위를 차지했던 화제의 소설, 『In the Company of the Courtesan(르네상스 창녀)』. 르네상스의 거장 티치아노의 그림 속에 숨겨져 있는 '위대한 창녀'의 일대기. 소돔보다 더 타락한 도시, 중세의 베네치아를 무대로 사랑과 욕정, 종교와 사기, 우정과 배신이 뒤얽힌 희대의 드라마가 펼쳐진다.
조각과도 같은 미모로 로마 추기경의 정부가 된 고급 창녀 피암메타. 전쟁으로 부와 명성을 한순간에 잃어버린 뒤, 재기의 칼을 갈며 베네치아에 자리 잡는다. 가문의 재산을 지키기 위해 결혼할 수 없었던 젊은 남자들. 지참금을 아끼기 위해 수녀가 되어야 했던 젊은 처녀들. 하수 처리되지 못한 욕망이 부유하는 그들 사이에, 그녀 피암메타가 있었다.
어머니로부터 훈련받은 직업적 재능과, 그녀의 충실한 하인이자 영리한 파트너이기도 한 난장이 부치노의 도움으로 상류사회로의 재진출을 노리던 피암메타는 계획대로 유명 화가의 모델이 되는 등 성공가도를 달리게 되지만, 창녀라는 자신의 신분을 망각한 채 치명적인 실수를 저지르고 만다. 열 일곱 살 소년과 사랑에 빠져버린 것!
시오노 나나미를 능가하는 역사적 통찰과 상상력으로 댄 브라운을 누르고 아마존닷컴 1위를 차지하여 크게 화제가 되었던 소설이다.
My lady, Fiammetta Bianchini, was plucking her eyebrows and biting color into her lips when the unthinkable happened and the Holy Roman Emperor’s army blew a hole in the wall of God’s eternal city, letting in a flood of half-starved, half-crazed troops bent on pillage and punishment.
Thus begins In the Company of the Courtesan, Sarah Dunant’s epic novel of life in Renaissance Italy. Escaping the sack of Rome in 1527, with their stomachs churning on the jewels they have swallowed, the courtesan Fiammetta and her dwarf companion, Bucino, head for Venice, the shimmering city born out of water to become a miracle of east-west trade: rich and rancid, pious and profitable, beautiful and squalid.
With a mix of courage and cunning they infiltrate Venetian society. Together they make the perfect partnership: the sharp-tongued, sharp-witted dwarf, and his vibrant mistress, trained from birth to charm, entertain, and satisfy men who have the money to support her.
Yet as their fortunes rise, this perfect partnership comes under threat, from the searing passion of a lover who wants more than his allotted nights to the attentions of an admiring Turk in search of human novelties for his sultan’s court. But Fiammetta and Bucino’s greatest challenge comes from a young crippled woman, a blind healer who insinuates herself into their lives and hearts with devastating consequences for them all.
A story of desire and deception, sin and religion, loyalty and friendship, In the Company of the Courtesan paints a portrait of one of the world’s greatest cities at its most potent moment in history: It is a picture that remains vivid long after the final page. [예스24 제공]
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- Paperback 352 Pages
- ISBN-10: 1844082849
- ISBN-13: 9781844082841
- Publisher: Random House
- Pub date: Jan 01, 2006
- Dimensions: 23 cm x 15 cm x 3 cm Just how big is that?

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