The Wager
By: Donna Jo Napoli.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780805087819
Subjects: Don Juan (Legendary character) -- Fiction; Conduct of life -- Fiction; Wagers -- Fiction; Aristocracy (Social class) -- Fiction; Pride and vanity -- Fiction; Devil -- Fiction; Sicily (Italy) -- History -- 1016-1194 -- Fiction; Italy -- History -- 12th century -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction
Description: Having lost everything in a tidal wave in 1169 Sicily, nineteen-year-old Don Giovanni makes a simple-sounding wager with a stranger he recognizes as the devil but, while desperate enough to surrender his pride and good looks for three years, he is not willing to give up his soul.