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The watercolourist / Beatrice Masini ; translation, Clarissa Ghelli and Oonagh Stransky.

By: Language: English Original language: Italian Publication details: London : Mantle, 2016.Description: 323 pages ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781447257707 (hbk.)
Uniform titles:
  • Tentativi de botanica degli affetti. English
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Summary: In nineteenth century Italy, Bianca, a gifted young watercolour artist, moves to a magnificent villa near Milan following the death of her father. She has been invited by the owner, a famous poet who practices experimental horticulture, to illustrate all of his exceptional plants. Bianca enjoys becoming part of the poet's large family, but before long her naive curiosity will take her far into the territory of hidden secrets, of untold truth and of love ...
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Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Fiction Hanover Public Library Shelves FIC MASI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31906001089821

"Originally published in Italian in 2013 as Tentativi di botanica degli affetti by Bompiania, Milan, Italy"--Title page verso.

In nineteenth century Italy, Bianca, a gifted young watercolour artist, moves to a magnificent villa near Milan following the death of her father. She has been invited by the owner, a famous poet who practices experimental horticulture, to illustrate all of his exceptional plants. Bianca enjoys becoming part of the poet's large family, but before long her naive curiosity will take her far into the territory of hidden secrets, of untold truth and of love ...

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