When the beautiful jessica pruitt arrives in venice to star in a film based on the merchant of venice, she is preoccupied. Serenissima in fact is a freewheeling nowbecomesthen fantasy involving a shakespearean actress and shakespeare himself. I have a low tolerance of badly written books, and this is definitely well written, fiesty, never dated. Roseanne barr emmy and golden globe award winning actress, comedienne, writer, director added october 26, 20. A glamorous hollywood film star, jessica pruitt fears the best days of her career are behind her.
As in fanny 1980, jong returns to another centurythis time the 16th, for an american actress rendezvous with william shakespearebut this current offering is a pointlessseeming, only sporadically entertaining fantasy, marred by heavyhandedness and florid prose. Be the first to ask a question about serenissima aka shylocks daughter. And if she is condemned, she shall be committed to prison until she shall have made satisfaction. Journal of language and cultural education, 2016, 43 issn 394045 print, issn 394584 online slovakedu, o. Click download or read online button to get prosecco paparazzi book now. Pdf serenissima aka shylocks daughter by erica jong. Women in the age of shakespeare such case the wife shall plead as a single woman in a court of record, and shall have her law and other advantages by way of plea just as a single woman.
While wandering the twisted alleys of the ancient jewish ghetto, she is suddenly transported back in time to the thriving city of venice. Welcome,you are looking at books for reading, the serenissima aka shylocks daughter, you will able to read or download in pdf or epub books and notice some of author may have lock the live reading for some of country. Serenissima by erica jong book cover, description, publication history. Jessica pruitt is one of the most beautiful women in the world and one of the screens most admired actresses, though her personal life is an unromantic shambles. Erica jong reads her dazzling novel in a way that will give you wings to travel. Serenissima aka shylocks daughter by erica jong goodreads. Erica jongs fifth published novel is perhaps most reminiscent of fanny.
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Prosecco paparazzi download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. Recent additions to this page please also check the other six pages. She has come to venice, her favorite city, to star in a film based on the merchant of venice. One day, as she wanders through an old jewish ghetto. The festival is a disaster, and jessicawith the power of a witchs magic and her own willis back in the venice of. Pdf serenissima aka shylocks daughter by erica jong download. It could happen only in the wondrous city of venice, which draws jessica pruitt to its film festival and to the role of shylocks daughter in a film based on the. Find other related book of serenissima aka shylocks daughter in the bottom area. Serenissima aka shylocks daughter download pdfepub. The cambridge companion to shakespeare and popular culture this companion explores the remarkable variety of forms that shakespeares life and works have taken over the course of four centuries, ranging from the early modern theatrical marketplace to the age of mass media, and including stage and screen performance, music and the visual arts, the television serial, and popular prose fiction. Erica jong on henry miller 2001 and other, read online free in epub,txt at. Serenissima aka shylocks daughter release ebooks by erica jong erica jong reads her dazzling novel in a way that will give you wings to travel through time. Buy a cheap copy of serenissima aka shylocks daughter book by erica jong. It will surprise and delight her fans and win her many new readers.
Hollywood actress jessica pruitt, a judge at the venice film festival, senses something mysterious in the air. While wandering the twisted alleys of the ancient jewish ghetto, she is suddenly transported back in time to the thriving city. When i was 19, i read erica jongs famous book the fear of flying. Shylocks daughter paperback october 17, 2003 by erica jong author. Shylocks daughter is the culmination of a love affair with the city of venice that begins with jong s first visit at the age of nineteen. A novel of love in venice on your kindle in under a minute. Fear of flying 1973 first published novel, but not first book. The cambridge companion to shakespeare and popular culture this companion explores the remarkable variety of forms that shakespeares life and works have taken over the course of four centuries, ranging from the early modern theatrical marketplace to the age of mass media, and including stage and screen performance, music and the visual arts, the television. If youve not been aware of her before, be minded her work does not remotely resemble mundane chicklit, but is something entirely different. Shylocks daughter formerly serenissima 1987 shakespearian fantasy set in venice. Fortythreeyearold american film star jessica pruitt shows up in her most loved city in the. Drawn by the citys watery beauty and the legacy of byron, james and, especially, shakespeare, who set seven of his plays there, shylocks daughter was completed over four summers spent in venice and. She will lure you to the venice of today and the venice in its illustrious past.
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