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Bomarzo(novel)

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Bomarzo
First edition
AuthorManuel Mujica Lainez
Cover artistLorenzo Lotto-Portrait of a Gentleman in his Study
LanguageSpanish
Publication date
1962
Publication placeArgentina
Media typePrint (Hardback&Paperback)

Bomarzois anovelby the Argentine writerManuel Mujica Lainez,written in 1962 and later adapted by its author to anoperalibrettoset byAlberto Ginastera,which had its premiere in Washington, D.C., in 1967.

It is set in the eerie andsurrealItalianRenaissancetown and palace ofBomarzoand concerns the morally and physically deformedPier Francesco Orsini,Duke of Bomarzo.

References

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  • "Mujica Láinez, Manuel".Encyclopædia Britannica.Vol. 8. Chicago. 1989. pp. 402–403.{{cite book}}:CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)