The Story of Don Juan (Save the Story) - Hardcover

Baricco, Alessandro

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1782690158 ISBN 13: 9781782690153

Publisher: Pushkin Children's Books, 2016

Synopsis

"The crazy life and courageous death of a man who loved women too much to want only one."

Don Juan is a passionate lover of life and nearly 1,000 women. One night, the Commendatore of Calatrava catches him kissing his daughter, and challenges him to a duel. Don Juan wins the duel, which of course means that the Commendatore is slain-and so begins the end for the incorrigible seducer.
Dave Eggers says, of the series: "I couldn't be prouder to be a part of it. Ever since Alessandro conceived this idea I thought it was brilliant. The editions that they've complied have been lushly illustrated and elegantly designed."

About this title

About the Author:

Alessandro Baricco is an Italian writer, director and performer whose work has become famous throughout Europe. He has been a music critic for La Repubblica and La Stampa, and his novels have been bestsellers in Italy and France. He has won, among other things, the prestigious Prix Médicis étranger and the Premio Viareggio. He is the founder of the creative writing school Scuola Holden (named after Holden Caulfield in The Catcher in the Rye), and editor of the Save the Story series.

Translated from the Italian by Ann Goldstein

Alessandro Maria Nacar occupies himself with everything - in fashion, in advertising, in places - that catches his eye. This is his first illustrated book.

Review:

'Irresistible' Observer
'Alessandro Baricco's take on Don Juan does a brilliant job boiling down the famed seducer's story to its essentials' Metro

About this edition

• Publisher: Pushkin Children's Books
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1782690158
• ISBN 13: 9781782690153
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 96
• Illustrator: Nacar AM