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Edition 17 (1974, held 2 times in year)

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Dominique Fernandez どみにく・ふぇるなんです Winner

A historical novel framed as the memoir of a castrato in eighteenth-century Naples, where voice, body, desire, and theatricality intersect in a rich narrative.

A novel of historical imagination that reflects the brilliance of Neapolitan court culture.

352 pages
historical fictionNaplesmusicbodyFrench literature