Casanova in Bohemia
a novel
By Andrei Codrescu
"Casanova in Bohemia" is published by Free Press in 2002 - New York, it has 321 pages and the language of the book is English.
“Casanova in Bohemia” Metadata:
- Title: Casanova in Bohemia
- Author: Andrei Codrescu
- Language: English
- Number of Pages: 321
- Publisher: Free Press
- Publish Date: 2002
- Publish Location: New York
“Casanova in Bohemia” Subjects and Themes:
- Subjects: ➤ Autobiography - Libertinism - Illuminati in fiction - Illuminati - Libertinism in fiction - Autobiography in fiction - Fiction - Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, in fiction - Authorship - Casanova, Giacomo, in fiction - Large type books - Fiction, historical, general - History
- People: ➤ Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) - Giacomo Casanova (1725-1798)
- Places: Bohemia (Czech Republic)
Edition Specifications:
- Pagination: 321 p. ;
Edition Identifiers:
- The Open Library ID: OL3953377M - OL17762W
- Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) ID: 48045942
- Library of Congress Control Number (LCCN): 2001051117
- ISBN-10: 0684868008
- All ISBNs: 0684868008
AI-generated Review of “Casanova in Bohemia”:
Snippets and Summary:
On the fifth of June, in the year 1798, a body believed to be that of Giacomo Casanova, self-styled Chevalier de Seingalt, was buried in the graveyard of Dux Castle in the kingdom of Bohemia, in the presence of his last patron, Count Waldstein, his nephew, Carlo Angiolini, who had traveled from Dresden, and an assorted retinue of servants, most of whom had done their utmost to make miserable the last years of his life.
"Casanova in Bohemia" Description:
The Open Library:
"In his national bestseller The Blood Countess, Andrei Codrescu brought to life the bloodthirsty royal Elizabeth Bathory, who embodied nearly all the contradictions of the seventeenth century. Now he depicts the astonishing life of the legendary Casanova, as the old adventurer relives his life while writing his memoirs in a provincial Bohemian castle at the end of the eighteenth century. Far from being defeated by age, Casanova delights in the maidservants, reacts with intellectual vigor to the unfolding of the French Revolution, and collaborates with Mozart on Don Giovanni. Long considered the rhapsodist of an age of aristocratic mirth, scandal, and innumerable affairs, Casanova was also a first-rate intellect who corresponded and argued with Voltaire and Rousseau. His published work, besides the celebrated History of My Life, includes a multivolume fantasy fiction novel that predates and anticipates Jules Verne; translations of Italian classics into French; and a number of plays that were produced on the great stages of Europe.". "In Codrescu's retelling of the Casanova legend, readers are introduced to an age far less inhibited than our own, and far more interesting in its vices. At once a libertine, a defender of women, a reactionary, a revolutionary, a brilliant observer, and a visionary, Casanova was a man ahead of his time both in thought and in action. Finally, in this inventive and absorbing work, Casanova is given due credit for his writings, his philosophies, and, of course, for the amorous magic that has been made known to so many."--BOOK JACKET.
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