When Alex Massolini's brother is killed in Vietnam, he drops out of Columbia University and leaves his conservative family behind for Capri to become secretary to Rupert Grant, a famous British novelist and poet who dominates the island like a latter -- day Prospero. Alex soon finds himself ensnared in a web of love affairs, friendships, and rivalries within the eccentric community that inhabits the idyllic beauty of the isolated Italian island.
The Apprentice Lover traces a young American's enchantment and disenchantment -- with his American past, his new European mentor, and the various inhabitants on an island famous for its characters.
Jay Parini grew up in Scranton,Pennsylvania,He spent seven years in Scotland during the vietnam era.Although his home is Vermont,where he teaches at Middlebury College,he has lived for extended periods in England and ltaly.A Poet,novelist,and biographer,he is married to Devon Jersild,a writer,and they have three sons. |
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