Porporino ou les mystères de Naples, édition originale
Dominique FERNANDEZ
Paris - Bernard Grasset - 1974
- Format : In-8.
- Number of volumes : 1 volume.
- Binding : Paperback.
- Collation : 396 pp.
Yellow softcover. Uncut.
FIRST EDITION. One of 24 numbered copies on Lana laid paper, the only large paper.
A manuscript from the late 18th century came into the hands of a reader who decided to publish it. It is the memoirs of one of the last castrati of the Neapolitan School of Singing. Born into a poor peasant family on the outskirts of Naples, Porporino - to use the pseudonym he chose in accordance with the custom then prevailing among castrati - tells the story of his life.
Prix Médicis 1974.
Good condition.
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