The sadness of Antonioni
Subtitle: a novel
By: Frank Lentricchia
Publisher: State University of New York Press; Excelsior Editions; Excelsior Editions/State University of New York Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Albany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 258
ISBN-13: 9781438439129
Subjects: Italian Americans; Fiction
Description: "The Sadness of Antonioni follows Hank Morelli, a young assistant professor of film obsessed with Antonioni's L'Avventura. As he embarks on an unlikely romance with a Wendy's cashier, he is also drawn into the mystery of his grandfather's underworld connections and tempted by his department chair and his department chair's mysterious girlfriend to take part in a monstrous film project they are planning. Haunted throughout by the terror of time's raw present without exit."--Page 2 of cover.