Name: The Anatomist
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Author: Federico Andahazi
ISBN: 9780385491334

Type

Physical Book

Author

Federico Andahazi

Publisher

Anchor

Year

1999

Language

English

Pages

224

Format

Paperback

ISBN

0385491336

ISBN13

9780385491334

Synopsis "The Anatomist "

A lyrically written, sensual, and extraordinarily enjoyable novel in which a Renaissance anatomist's astonishing discovery forever changes the female erotic universe. In sixteenth-centruy Venice, celebrated physician Mateo Colombo finds himself behind bars at the behest of the Church authorities. His is a crime of disclosure, heinous and heretical in the Church's eyes, in that his research threatens to subvert the whole secular order of Renaissance society. Like his namesake Christopher Colombus, he has made a discovery of enormous significance for humankind. Whereas Colombus voyaged outward to explore the world and found the Americas, Mateo Colombo looked inward, across the mons veneris, and uncovered the clitoris. Based on historical fact, The Anatomist is an utterly fascinating excursion into Renaissance Italy, as evocative of time and place as the work of Umberto Eco, and reminiscent of the earthy sensuality of Gabriel García Márquez. Perceptive and stirring, it ironically exposes not only the social hypocracies of the day, but also the prejudices and sexual taboos that may still be with us four hundred years later.

Federico Andahazi

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Federico Andahazi (Buenos Aires, 1963) is an Argentine writer and psychologist known for his historical narrative with erotic and fantastic elements. His first novel, The Anatomist (1997), was a finalist for the Planeta Prize and won the Fortabat Prize, sparking controversy for its theme. Other notable works include The Merciful Women (1998), The Conqueror (2006) —awarded the Planeta Prize Argentina— and The Lovers Under the Danube (2015)

In addition to his work as a novelist, Andahazi has ventured into non-fiction with the series Sexual History of the Argentines, composed of Sinning as God Commands (2008), Argentina Conceived with Sin (2009), and Sinners Male and Female (2010). His works have been translated into more than thirty languages, establishing him as an influential figure in contemporary Argentine literature.

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