The scent of your breath
By: Melissa P. ; translated by Shaun Whiteside
Publisher: Serpent's Tail
Published: 2006
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 119
ISBN-13: 9781852429164
Subjects: Italian Autobiographical fiction; Fiction; Jealousy; Authors
Work titles: Odore del tuo respiro
Description: Melissa, desperate for love and willing to do anything to find it, is now a successful writer in Rome, living with her new lover, Thomas. But as soon as she meets Viola, a woman from Thomas's past, sexual passion and insecurity mount in tandem, and Melissa is consumed with jealousy. Written as a confessional letter to her mother, the story that follows is one of dark obsession, violent lust, and soul-destroying talent. Driven by Melissa's singular voice? that unique and compelling combination of impetuous naivete and poetic sophistication that has mesmerized readers in thirty-one countries.
Notes: Translated from the Italian.