by Laura Mancinelli · La Stampa · tapa dura · ISBN 9771122176720
VAT included
Hamelyn quality guarantee · checked and verified, or your money back
«I dodici abati di Challant» is the historical novel by Laura Mancinelli, published by La Stampa in hardback, with 349 pages, in Italian.
I dodici abati di Challant is set in a castle in the mountains of the Aosta Valley in the Middle Ages, with mysterious deaths of abbots following an inheritance conditioned by a chastity clause. The work combines a fable-like atmosphere with irony and addresses love, religion, and the transition towards humanist thought.
This 2003 edition includes the preface by Alessandro Barbero and is part of the Scelte d'autore collection.
This work is aimed at lovers of Italian historical fiction who value a medieval setting and an ironic tone.
Laura Mancinelli was an Italian writer, Germanist, medievalist and university professor.
