num_pages: 181
description: A young Englishwoman working in Naples, Jenny comes to Italy fleeing a history that threatened to undo her. Alone in the fabulously ruined city, she idly follows up a letter of introduction from an acquaintance and so changes her life forever. Through the letter, she meets Giocanda, a beautiful and gifted writer, and Gianni, a famous Roman film director and Giocanda’s lover. At work she encounters Justin, a Scotsman whose inscrutability Jenny finds mysteriously attractive. As she becomes increasingly involved in the lives of these three, she discovers that the past--and the patterns of a lifetime--are not easily discarded.
language: English
title: The Bay of Noon
titlecomplete: The Bay of Noon
characters: Jenny Unsworth, Justin Tulloch, Gioconda, Gianni
genres: Australia, Italy, Female Authors, Novels, Historical Fiction, Literature, 20th Century, Literary Fiction, Fiction, Womens
ratings_count: 752
places: Naples, Italy
awards: awardedAt: 28800000
name: Booker Prize
category: The Lost Man Booker Prize, awardedAt: 31564800000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Fiction
publisher: Picador